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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:08:06 +1200 (NZST)
From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To: "A. Randle" <anne-randle.itsd@vin1.dudley.gov.uk>
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Subject: Re: Year 2000 compliancy
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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, A. Randle wrote:

> >From : Ms. Anne Randle,  Ops. Support, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council,
> 		Dudley, West Midlands, U.K.  [Telephone + (44) 01384 - 814968]
> 
> Please can you let me know the situation regarding FreeBSD software levels
> and year 2000 compliancy ?   (e.g.  Does any exist ?  If not, is it likely
> to soon ?)

In general, UNIX systems do not have a problem with the year 2000.
The O/S base tools just don't use think anything special of the year.

End-user software written on them are another story; you have to ask
the developer(s) involved.

On the other hand, there may be a problem when the Epoch rollover
occurs (I think this, occurs somewhere around 2036), if the system
is still 32 bit based.

Cheers.
--
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