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The Millennium Bug
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Less than two years until the year 2000. Two seemingly small digits may
turn January 1, 2000 from a worldwide celebration into a universal
nightmare. With computers mistaking the year 2000 for 1900, virtually all
businesses that use dates will be affected. Not only will the companies be
affected, b ....
Middle of essay ....elming even for [Bill Gates and] Microsoft" (Widder 3). Separate,
any one of these points makes Y2K, a common abbreviation for the year 2000
problem, an addition to the obstacle. Combined, they form what seems more
like a hideous monster than an insignificant bug.
The impact of Y2K on society is enormous, bringing the largest companies in
the world to their knees, pleading for a fix at nearly any cost. "The
modern world has come to depend on information as much as it has on
electricity and runn.... |
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