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On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 02:37:13PM -0800, Tim Wolfe wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Steve Dispensa wrote: > > > > > I don't know how big of a deal is being made about 2.038K on a corporate > > management level, but it would seem that the ensuing months would be just > > about a perfect time to address this issue. After all, many companies have > > teams for the date-field issue right now, and we've gotten pretty good in > > the past couple of years at analyzing this problem. It would only make > > sense to immediately move on to the 2038 work after Y2K settles down. Let's > > just not wait until 2035 to deal with it this time, huh? > > > > - Steve > > Do you honestly believe that corporate *name your country* will spend the > money NOW to fix a problem that won't affect them for 30+ years? One of us > is living in a fantasy world.... Think about it this way. Would you rather the Y2K preperation "we must test our wall clocks for Y2K then fill out 20lbs of paperwork and affix a Y2K certified sticker" weenies found immediate employement, or would you rather see them go back to their go-pher my coffee jobs for the next 37 years? :P -- Richard A. Steenbergen <[email protected]> http://users.quadrunner.com/humble PGP Key ID: 0x60AB0AD1 (E5 35 10 1D DE 7D 8C A7 09 1C 80 8B AF B9 77 BB) AboveNet Communications - AboveSecure Network Security Engineer, Vienna VA "A mind is like a parachute, it works best when open." -- Unknown
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