Re: OCCAM, JOYCE, SUPERPASCAL AND JAVA

[Christopher C R Jones <ccrj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now why can't we do that in industry?


Chris J

In message <E10mZAH-0002Ft-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, P.H.Welch
<P.H.Welch@xxxxxxxxx> writes
>
>Hi Michael,
>
>> > We had a MEiKO installed in 1987 and it grew to 174 T800s by
>> > 1989.  It's been out of maintenance since 1991 but still keeps
>> > on running.  Sadly, I'm told the `millenium bug' will kill off
>> > its SunOS (SPARC-hosted) operating system at the end of this
>> > year and nobody will upgrade it to Solaris ... :-(
>> 
>> This is (nearly) as bad as the "spokesmen" who claim that the millenium 
>bug
>> will make all lifts inoperable.  How many programs that you run on the 
>MEiKO
>> care in the slightest what year it is?
>
>Zero.
>
>> ......................................  Just winch the clock back a decade or
>> two (and maybe age the filestores it sees to match?)...  No?
>
>That's a good idea ;-) ... I guess we wind the clock back then `touch' all
>the files ...
>
>Mind you, the MEiKO will probably still be running after another 20 years,
>so someone will have to remember to do it again ...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Peter.

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