Also sprach Dominik Kubla:
} On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
} ...
} > I think that before 38 years is up, none of us will be using 32-bit
} > machines so, even if I was 10 years old, I wouldn't bother 'fixing'
} > 32-bit machines. Even Intel's new stuff is 64 bits.
}
} Incidentally this is the exact argument that reportedly was used against
} those who warned about the Y2K problen in late seventies/early eighties!
}
There's certainly a correlation (sp?) between the two and it would be
ironic if it happened again. However, here's why I think it won't:
Noone uses old machines for very long. How many of you are still using a
PDP-10 (30+ years ago) or an Apple classic (20- years ago) for "real"
work?
I'll put my foot squarly in my mouth and predict that, in 38 years,
people will think that running anything on a machine less than 1GHz speed
for a production machine is nothing short of insanity.
But, then, there are always the hobbyists...but, then, they can "fix" the
kernel themselves? :)
Bill
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