Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.

Ten years ago this week, the much-hyped Y2K crisis — which had come in with a long, sustained roar — went out with a whimper. In the years and months leading up to the new millennium, IT organizations ...