Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 May 2005 08:27:15 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day |
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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.
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