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Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever
by Nancy P. James
The new millennium. The Year 2000. Beyond Mayan prophecies, a more immediate danger loomed: Two-digit year date fields had been used by software programmers for decades to conserve expensive computer storage space. As a consequence, legacy systems reading "00" on January 1, 2000 would most probably interpret the date as 1900. Infrastructures critical to civilization--including heat, electricity, water and sanitation--were at risk, all complete unknowns . . .
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Set to release on October 15, 2024.
Nancy James is a cyberspace liability pioneer on the leading edge of emerging trends in complex technology risks, national, and global.
Early Praise for Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever
“James’s book is interesting and filled with information. Year 2000 is a useful reminder that computers control all major human activities: banking, business, defense, entertainment, travel, and even medicine. Anyone who cares about the history and future of computers could profit by reading it.”
- Capers Jones, foremost national expert and strategist on Y2K compliance management and technical solutions