Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262350AbVEMM1q (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 08:27:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262351AbVEMM1p (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 08:27:45 -0400 Received: from alog0338.analogic.com ([208.224.222.114]:39068 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262350AbVEMM1h (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 08:27:37 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 08:27:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: Denis Vlasenko cc: "Srinivas G." , linux-kernel-Mailing-list Subject: Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day In-Reply-To: <200505131522.32403.vda@ilport.com.ua> Message-ID: References: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348114BED13@mail.esn.co.in> <200505131522.32403.vda@ilport.com.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1400 Lines: 32 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 Penguin : Linux version 2.6.11 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush. 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. - 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/