Saving Memory
? In 1967 memory cost $1 per byte
The Air Force used single digit dates
If 2-digit dates saved 1% of memory...
savings over 20 years $16 to $24 million per gigabyte
? By 1980s, memory was much cheaper, but 2-digit dates
were standard. Why incur the cost of changing standards?
1970 The mortgage industry
1990 The Social Security Industry
moved towards 4-digit dates