Worse, because the year 2000 problem is a foreseeable problem, the officers and directors of your organization could be held personally liable in shareholder suits. ALL is not hopeless whether you are a business or a casual computer user there are steps you can take to ensure you are ready for the millennium. The SBA recommends the following assessment, test and helpful web sites for information. Some questions to help assess system readiness 1. The Internet has thousands of web sites dedicated to the year 2000 problem.
Many sites have links to sources of freeware, planning tools, discussion groups, and so forth.
Here is a short list of useful Web sites. Part 2 of this article will offer step by step directions on how to check a personal computer for year 2000 readiness. Due to the flood that impacted the column coordinator, the present article originally scheduled for publication on November 1, waited in cyberspace until now.