The Y2K Bug
The year 2000 problem could have been completely prevented had some
early people envisioned the degree to which the microprocessor would
change our lives. Surely, no one would have thought that in the early
days of ENIAC that everything from your alarm clock to your car would be
computerized. Even the IT managers of the 80's could not be blamed: The
disk space savings from dropping the two digits of the date over 100
Million Records would …
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…data formats
for conversion and implementing a system which repairs the date problem
and adds functionality or speed in the process. The sheer magnitude of
the effects will make the upcoming years very interesting in the
information technology field. One thing that everyone can be sure of -
there will be a swift judgment of your preparedness on December 31,
1999, 23:59:59.99.
Bibliography
Web Pages and Web References
"Legal Issues Surrounding the Year 2000"
http://www.year2000.com/archive/
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