In the case of a dispute, this Act may reduce your legal rights regarding the use of such statements, unless otherwise specified by your contract or tariff. Nobody now doubts the importance of facing up to the year 2000 problem within computers such as PCs and mainframes. These present their own unique challenges for the millennium practitioner, ranging from simple fire alarms to complex multi-processor manufacturing systems using many thousands of lines of computer code.
Sheer numbers present within most organisations.
Inherent difficulty in identifying and locating them. Isolation and testing, particularly for systems operating in a real time environment. Re-certification following remedial work, particularly for safety critical systems. Difficulty in assessing the importance of a millennium failure. For example, apparently simple systems can be present in such high volumes that failure can result in serious disruption for the organisation.