Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:11:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:11:13 -0500 Received: from adsl-67-120-62-187.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([67.120.62.187]:18953 "EHLO exchange.macrolink.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:11:12 -0500 Message-ID: <11E89240C407D311958800A0C9ACF7D1A33DDD@EXCHANGE> From: Ed Vance To: "'Horst von Brand'" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: RE: BitBucket: GPL-ed KitBeeper clone Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:21:49 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1085 Lines: 27 On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 5:32 PM, Horst von Brand wrote: > > Werner Almesberger said: > > [...] > > > Real time is still useful, if only as a hint to users. > > Lots of things would be useful to have, but you just can't get them. > There is no guarantee that the clocks of the machines are > even remotely > near synchronized (don't get me started on that). > -- You mean like my legacy SPARCstation 1+ that runs in 1997 (days of week match) so my "lifetime" licenses for apps from long ago dead companies don't "expire" anyway, due to a Y2K bug in the license handler? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Vance edv (at) macrolink (dot) com Macrolink, Inc. 1500 N. Kellogg Dr Anaheim, CA 92807 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/