Re: January 19, 2038

[Richard Hadsell <hadsell blueskystudios com>]

Daniel J. Frasnelli wrote:
> 
>         Better still, just how many computers as we know them today will be
> in use in 2038? As far as we know, Linux may disappear or evolve into another
> effort by that time - it is dangerous to speculate on anything that far
> ahead.  Just ask the people who predict our weather :-)

Was it those, who found it dangerous to speculate about conditions 30
years ahead, who decided 30 years ago that 2 digits would be fine to
represent years? ;)

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