On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 02:43:48AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > and see how many of their microprosessors can be outrun by an 8086.
> > If were still using mid 70s technology what makes you think we will all be
> > using the latest in 30 years ?
>
> If there are actually any humans left in 30 years it will be a suprise, probably a nasty
> one.
>
> Changing time_t on existing systems is a huge task that isnt going to happen until it needs
> too. For desktop machines the world will have moved on. Embedded boxes might need a
> recompile. Fortunately with open source your vendor can't screw you by going bust or
> charging you $1m for any updates
I wonder how many working CDROM drives / streamers that can read today's
media will still be left by 2038. In practice users don't care about
the source code until they something to be fixed ...
Ralf
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