Re: OCCAM, JOYCE, SUPERPASCAL AND JAVA

["P.H.Welch" <P.H.Welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.