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[ILUG] Linux's 2038 Bug

[ILUG] Linux's 2038 Bug

Bernhard Rohrer graylion at sm-wg.net
Sat May 7 12:30:51 IST 2005



Richard Eibrand wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> Just read this article http://us.rediff.com/money/2005/may/06linux.htm,  
> and was wondering what peoples thoughts are with regards this problem.  
> Some more scare mongering?
> 
> Here is a snippet to get a gist,
> 
that is pure scaremongering.

the problem is well known and IIRC current plans are to have it fixed by 
2020. Oh and it affects all SW written in C. That includes Wintendo.

cheers

Bernhard



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