IBM showing up to charge to fix the problem they created. Go figure, still their modus operandi these days in their support and over all existence model. -mb On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:20 PM, trent shipley wrote: > I remember stories of IBM octogenarians showing up to fix things at Luke > Air Force Base (heard third hand). Mission critical stuff can REALLY get > specification stuck. > > Trent. > > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 9:39 PM Steve Litt > wrote: > >> On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 06:54:17 -0500 >> Matthew Crews wrote: >> >> > Man, Y2K seems like at eternity ago. I knew back then that nothing >> > world-ending was going to happen, but I expected there to be major >> > hiccups. Thankfully there were only minor hiccups since everyone >> > worked their butts off on correcting Y2K bugs. >> > >> > The year 2038 problem might be a similar result. >> >> In my wildest imagination, I can't conceive of a situation in which 32 >> bit computers are still used in 2038. And if there are still 32 bit >> computers in use, our society probably has much worse problems than a >> date flipover could ever produce. >> >> SteveT >> >> Steve Litt >> December 2017 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times >> http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >