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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 all computers running the UNIX operating system will exceed their time storage capacity.
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