Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Fri, 13 May 2005, Denis Vlasenko wrote:

> On Friday 13 May 2005 14:43, Srinivas G. wrote:
> > But what about the present? Many applications running on Linux could
> > soon be making calculations for dates 30 years away -- say, for mortgage
> > and insurance calculations -- and could start giving out error messages
> > well before D-day. The problem could be widespread because more and more
> > corporates today are migrating to Linux because of the better security
> > it offers.
> ...
> > How can the problem be sorted? Modern Linux programs could use 64-bit or
> > longer time_t data storage to overcome the problem. As for the existing
>  ^^^^^^
> Looks like someone is contemplating a mortgage which expire well beyond
> Solar system lifetime.
> --
> vda

Yes. It's more FUD. The __real__ problem, ther everybody should
be concerned about is that today is Friday the 13th. My black cat
already walked under a ladder and broke my mirror.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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