Even worse, almost 80 percent believe that some organizations are claiming Year 2000 compliance prematurely, which could lead to faults becoming evident months or years into the next century. Value of a standard compliance definition Reasoning believes that without documented proof of compliance, companies are risking loss of business from trading partners and customers, while opening the door to costly insurance claims and legal actions. A standard definition of Year 2000 compliance would help companies tackle the Year 2000 problem properly, greatly alleviate the risks associated with inaccurate compliance claims, and provide support to ward off legal actions. According to the survey, most companies agree that a standard definition is needed. While automated inspection is not a replacement for testing, it provides a strong line of defense against millennium bugs by increasing the odds of finding errors that testing will not find.
Inspections consistently audit remediated code and report potential omissions and incorrect fixes.
In some cases inspection may be the only practical way to test when resources and time are limited, or to conduct audits of software vendor and trading partner systems. Inc. Reasoning was founded in 1984 as a software company specializing in the development of advanced computer languages that automate programming. Reasoning products are installed worldwide in Global 2000 companies, government agencies, universities and research institutions. Inc. All other product or service names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.