nce in information technology, to rate the potential danger of the problem on a scale from 1 (no problem at all) to 10 (total economic collapse). The average response was 5.76.Its been reported by media that more than 90 percent of existing computers will simply not function in the new millennium. Others predict that when January 1, 2000, rolls around, many PCs will be confused by the new date and reset their internal clocks. In fact, industry consultants are saying most personal computers will have no problems at all with the new date.Some commentators are so worried about the millennium bug because they believe that this problem is like nothing the computing world has ever seen before. They fear that Y2K teams have no idea what they're getting into and they think once programmers begin debugging the problem. They're going to find that it's far more complex than they have expected. But this is the kind of problem that software engineers solve regularly. The Y2K problem is unusual because it affects so many computers. However, since it has been detected early it can be fixed.The Y2K bug is a real problem and it needs to be fixed. But most of society's vital organizations expect to have the critical portions of their systems repaired or replaced in time. And nobody who's actually working on the millennium bug expects anything but a disastrous situation when we enter the new millennium. ...
