Not just IT, but the sentiment for iot – computing, internet, websites, pagers, mobiles was just getting started. So much so, that we didn’t know that it will so soon become “Euphoric” and reach astronomical levels. Not the industry, only the sentiment as of now.
The bug had to be resolved in a record period with no extensions available. An event signalling Boom for IT world, but a Boon for Indian IT. Indian IT industry would finally get noticed on the global map. Indian IT's rise was synonymous with the Y2K bug.
All the programming in the computers was done back then in the DD-MM-YY format that is 01-01-98 and not 01-01-1998.
What would happen when suddenly at the midnight of 31st December, 1999 the clock would strike 12?
Dot Com -The Bug that put india on the Global Map
This is the story when India was suddenly on the global map. When it was ’95 or ’96 or maybe ’98.
Yes it was a time when the years were not referred to as 1998 but only ‘98 or just 98.
Hardly makes a difference? Right?
Wrong!