• DocumentCode
    1397725
  • Title

    The year 2000 bug: a forgotten lesson

  • Author

    Thomsett, Rob

  • Author_Institution
    Thomsett Co., USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • Firstpage
    91
  • Abstract
    While the Doomsday clock ticks down to the year 2000, the many books, articles, sales pitches, and Internet sites dealing with the Y2K problem continue to miss the most important lesson from this so-called bug. Understanding that lesson requires that we find the answers to two questions: why is there a Y2K bug and why has it been ignored for more than 30 years?
  • Keywords
    data integrity; database management systems; software development management; software maintenance; year 2000 problem; Art; Books; Clocks; Code standards; Internet; Marketing and sales; Production systems; Programming profession; Relational databases; Standards development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.687956
  • Filename
    687956