For coders, a code of conduct; 2000 problem tests professionalism of programmers

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The Year 2000 Computer bug has raised concerns over the professional standards of computer programmers. Some advocate licensing of programmers, just as it is required of civil engineers, pilots, and other professional personnel whose failure in their jobs can have life-threatening consequences. The argument has been made that the failure of computer professionals to warn of the consequences of the computer date bug was immoral. Others point out that many of the programs in which the bug is found were never intended to be used to the century's end. Their continued operation testifies to their robustness. How serious the problem proves to be will probably have a lot to do with how much pressure develops to require licensing of programmers and to impose quality standards for computer software. The atmosphere of heightened awareness around the importance of programming has already caused the Association of Computing Machinery and the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers to adopt the 'Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.'

Legal issues & crime, Custom Computer Programming Services, Computer programming services, Computer Programming (Contract), Computer Programming (In-House), Standards, Methods, Evaluation, Computer software industry, Software industry, Computer programming, Year 2000 transition (Computers), Ethical aspects, Computer programmers, Liability (Law), Legal liability, Year 2000 transition, Custom software, Software development services, Software developers (Individuals), Association for Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society

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What's in a cybername? $7.5 million for the right address

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Ecompanies, an Internet company incubator, has paid what is believed to be the highest price ever for an Internet domain name. The company paid an entrepreneur named Marc Ostrofsky $7.5 million for the rights to the name business.com.

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