Data Processing Litigation Consultants, Inc

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Experience in the design and implementation of programs for scientific and commercial systems. Heavy emphasis on top-down structured design and structured programming since 1958 as well as more recent work in object oriented design and RAD. Worked in sales, marketing and management since 1966. Independent computer consultant since 1980. Involved in all phases of software development including feasibility investigation, analysis, design, coding and testing. Developed techniques to insure software quality. Very strong in project management, budgeting and estimating.

Your company must do what it can to be ready for the year 2000. Hopefully, a situation requiring litigation will not be necessary. Contracts are rarely entered into with anticipation by either party that litigation will ensue. Yet, it happens every day. Even with awareness of the potential Y2K risks, the most careful individuals could become careless. After the turn of the century, hindsight will exacerbate these situations. The litigation potential for issues connected with the millennium bug is so high that even the most prudent business executives must assume that it will happen.

When a lawsuit occurs, your company will either be a plaintiff or a defendant. An article published in this issue of Computer Forensics Online tm (Reid, Warren S., The Year 2000 Paper Trail ) proposes a list of items to be compiled under the assumption that your company is a defendant. The subject of this current article is the collection of evidence assuming that your company is a plaintiff.

Some hackers intend to cause harm -- others do not. The typical hacker is a teenager. Teens began hacking during the early 1980?s when inexpensive personal home computers became available. At first, young hackers sought ways around copy protection created by manufacturers of computer games. However, this was often not enough. A "kid" with a computer and a modem could connect to industrial and government computers that were ready to exchange information with him. Invading other computers was often more fun than computer games.

Represented a manufacturer of swimming pools that purchased defective and incomplete software package where the software manufacturer refused to provide necessary support. Year 2000 compliance issues are involved in this dispute.

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