Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business

"Computing Calamities: Lessons from Products, Projects and Companies that Failed.".(Review)

Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business | June 1, 1999 | Copyright

by Robert L. Glass, 1999.

Reviewed by: Raquel Benbunan-Fich,

W. Paul Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University

At the verge of the new millenium, some analysts are predicting a computer calamity of major proportions due to the Y2K problem, the tendency of computer systems to interpret "00" as 1900 instead of 2000. This date recognition glitch underscores the fact that today's society has become increasingly dependent on computer technology. But long before the "millenium bug", the computer industry has produced many stories of spectacular…

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