Tech Gumbo

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We started Tech Gumbo in Nov 2014 as a conversational show of news, information & updates about the past, present & future of all things technology in a topical, interesting and digestible way.

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Thursday Dec 18, 2025

Guest Warren Birkett, did he really cause Y2K?

Thursday Dec 18, 2025

Guest Warren Birkett, retired consultant from Wybirk and Associates

and the reason we had Y2K

Working for IBM in the 1960’s & 70’s
Solving problems with computers of the day
Trying to speed up the compute time, removing the “19” from the date thus creating the Y2K problem that no one at the time thought would ever exist

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