One large PC manufacturer was shipping computers with non-year 2000 compliant BIOS up until the first quarter of 1997. Most large organizations have been working for several years already on resolving potential Year 2000 problems in their systems. Small businesses can use the information to help determine whether they will have Year 2000 problems and to plan corrective actions to minimize financial losses from paying premium prices for Year 2000 conversion assistance, which will become increasingly costly as the millennium date approaches. There are many helpful sources you can turn to for making your business ready for the century date change. 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. Perhaps the most important thing that those at the top levels of their industry management can do is to get enough information from technical personnel to be certain they have identified and solved the problem.