Covid-19 resulted in Lockdowns,

which resulted in Unemployment levels that exceeded all past expectations,

which resulted in Unemployment systems - usually in the legacy category - bursting at the seams

which resulted in call outs to COBOL programmers

which highlighted a flaw in how we view 'Legacy Systems' 

It's not about old code - it's about old systems designs. 

Since Y2K involved many of these same systems, the question arises did we miss an opportunity? 

This episode takes a look at one area where Y2K remediation failed miserably.