Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 12:59:48 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Rob Levandowski <robl@boom.acccorp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Year 2000 compliance statement? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980205124411.270A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199802051942.OAA18600@boom.acccorp.com>
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On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Rob Levandowski wrote:
> Dear FreeBSD team,
> My company requires me to obtain an official Year 2000 compliance statement from each vendor of hardware and software we use. We use several versions of FreeBSD. I was unable to locate a compliance statement on your Web pages.
> Can you tell me if the current version of FreeBSD 2.2 is Y2K compliant, and if possible, how compliant previous releases are?
> I need this information by February 11, due to my company's lack of planning. (I was only told that I must get these compliance statements today.)
> Thanks for any help you can provide!
> Robert Levandowski
Statement:
FreeBSD is year 2000 compliant.
32 bit unices in general have no time/date problems until the year 2038.
There is no "official" statement AFAIK. The fact that the unix clock
will last far beyond the millenium is pretty well known. I personally
consider it a non-issue, but I am not your managers. :)
Most operating systems have no Y2K problems. Even winblows 95 is Y2K
compliant. You should probably take a hard look at your apps first.
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