Re: Heroes ???

Luse Harold wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > > From: "Diego" <dmzz@adinet.com.uy> > > > > > >Hard-working people, ok, but heroes, no way !!! > > > > > >Pls, don't forget that Y2K problem was our fault....big time. > > > > Eh? Speak for yourself, mate! My code's always been y2k-compliant. Yes! When I started in the IT industry in the early 80's, one of my first tasks was converting 2 digit years to 4 digit years. But then I guess I worked for a forward thinking software house. ;-) > > Although I will confess that it's not Y10K compliant. I think it would be great marketing if Informix made their code Year 10000 compliant. But I guess the operative word there is 'marketing'. :-O > But will we need computers by then? 10,000 years ago the latest > technology was fire. Or was it flint edged tools, I forget. Flint edged tools? I think we still have some of those working in the IT industry today. :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |What year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? |/// / ////| | |year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year |// / /////| | |2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year 1900 |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+