You know, there was a reason that "Y2K" was a non issue. It's because there were a lot of people working on things like code fixes, BIOS updates (well, not enough of those), and other less than glamorous projects. I was only a Net Admin at the time, tasked with finding all the non Y2K computers on the network. There were many, and some were replaced, while others were just gotten rid of since they really didn't serve their original purpose.

I don't recall "the end of the world as we know it" hype, probably because I was too busy working to alleviate the fears of those who did fear the worst.

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