Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: time_t size: The year 2038 bug? | Date | Fri, 7 Jan 2000 11:55:56 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Assuming it can be recompiled. Not all programs are available in > source. Source gets lost (there was a big market for object to > Cobol 'disassemblers' recently). Vendors go away. Vendors charge > large amounts of money for upgrades. Upgrades don't run on older > operating systems. Newer operating systems don't run on older > hardware.
YM "people who don't insist on open source get burned"
Alan
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