61. According to computer programmer and consultant Red Reid-Pitcher, the millennium bug is not going to pose that much of a problem to the technologically advanced SAR. 62. Addressing the importance of fixing the millennium bug was also another major issue. 63. Among the issues expected to be discussed are financing of successful high- tech ventures, global implications of electronic commerce and the effects of the millennium bug. 64. Are you aware of the millennium bug? 65. Asia is one of the likely trouble regions for the millennium bug because many companies and governments have not yet adequately prepared their systems for the date change. 66. Bankers are not the only ones who think they have the millennium bug beat. 67. But older PCs, or those running very complex applications, could be bitten by the millennium bug. 68. Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa said at a forum organised by the Asia Society that the millennium bug was a global problem that he did not understand. 69. Dealing with the worst economic crisis since the Soviet collapse, Russian leaders have largely ignored the so-called millennium bug. 70. Despite the possible dangers, Russia has been dragging its feet in confronting the so-called millennium bug. |