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Since Y2K analysis and remediation usually involves repeated testing of the same set of code, many companies and government agencies developed and/or improved their competency in software quality assurance.
Since Y2K analysis and remediation usually involves repeated testing of the same set of code, many companies and government agencies developed and/or improved their competency in software quality assurance.
The shortage of programmers trained in legacy languages like [[COBOL]] in the late 1990's provided an opportunity for companies in low-cost nations like India to offer outsourcing services to new markets. Companies found that commodity-type assignments like Y2K remediation were a good fit for offshore outsourcing under these circumstances. <ref>http://www.lib.utk.edu/news/readyfortheworld/archives/the_world_is_flat/001189.html</ref>The momentum in using offshore programming continued and accelerated after January 1, 2000 had passed.
The shortage of programmers trained in legacy languages like [[COBOL]] in the late 1990's provided an opportunity for companies in low-cost nations like [[India]] to offer outsourcing services to new markets. Companies found that commodity-type assignments like Y2K remediation were a good fit for offshore outsourcing under these circumstances. <ref>http://www.lib.utk.edu/news/readyfortheworld/archives/the_world_is_flat/001189.html</ref>The momentum in using offshore programming continued and accelerated after January 1, 2000 had passed.
A similar problem will be encountered in the year 2038, when 32 bit computers running the UNIX operating system will exceed their time storage capacity. 64 bit computers will not run into a similar problem for literally billions of years.
A similar problem will be encountered in the year 2038, when 32 bit computers running the [[Linux|UNIX]] operating system will exceed their time storage capacity. 64 bit computers will not run into a similar problem for literally billions of years.
==Notes==
==See Also==
* [[Essay:Invest in tangibles]] for [[:Category:Survivalism|Preparedness]]
==Bibliography==
* [[Boston T. Party]] ([[Kenneth W. Royce]]), ''Boston on Surviving Y2K'', December, 1998, ISBN-10: 1888766050, http://www.javelinpress.com/surviving_y2k.html, https://www.amazon.com/Boston-Surviving-Y2K-Kenneth-Royce/dp/1888766050<ref>"What would you and your family do if there were no [[electricity|power]], no [[water]], no [[food]] deliveries, and no [[police]] for weeks or months on end? Y2K has come and gone, but many other crises know no time or season. You can be prepared for everything from [[terrorist]] attacks to [[:Category:Natural Disasters|natural disasters]].
Boston on Surviving Y2K explains exactly how to prepare your family. If you wait until a disaster is daily headline news, it will be too late to buy food, [[ammunition|ammo]], [[water filter]]s, etc. Topics thoroughly covered inside include how to cope with such "disaster fallout" as: a [[stock market crash]] (and the resulting [[banking run]], cash withdrawal restrictions, etc.); the [[economy]] as people rush into [[cash]] and usable goods (e.g., food, [[gun]]s, ammunition, [[fuel]], [[tool]]s, [[generator]]s, etc.); the painful unraveling of our modern society; the Federal Government's probable reaction of martial law" http://www.javelinpress.com/surviving_y2k.html Accessed December 5, 2014</ref>
==References==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/
* http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/
*http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/y2k/
* http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/y2k/
* [http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/30/y2k.idg/index.html Time running out for PCs at big companies] ''[[CNN]]''
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