Ziff-Davis Launches ZDY2K Website

Posted on September 2, 1998

Ziff-Davis Inc. unveiled its ZDY2K supersite, a guide to the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer bug. The free site acts a starting place for everyone affected by Y2K, from enterprise corporations to the casual PC users, from someone researching legal ramifications to an engineer writing computer code.

"Y2K is one of the most daunting computing challenges of our time for both the producers and users of computer technology," said Ziff-Davis chairman and CEO Eric Hippeau. "How we handle it will affect the public's confidence in the technology industry for years to come. Ziff-Davis is committed to helping everyone make this transition as smoothly as possible. Through the ZDY2K site, we're taking a giant step toward demystifying Y2K and providing clear- cut, straight-forward planning recommendations."

With January 1, 2000 less than 500 days away, businesses, organizations, and governments are rushing to fix millions of lines of computer code. And while most companies have Year 2000 compliance projects underway, a ZD Market Intelligence study found that only 15.1% of large companies and 33.1% of small companies have fully completed their testing. Analysts have estimated the cost of fixing the bug worldwide at between 400 and 600 billion dollars.

Update: The Y2K site is no longer available.