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Technology Stocks : FBN Associates - Year 2000/Y2K IPO!!!
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To: jhild who wrote (1389)8/8/1998 6:13:00 PM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (6) of 2770
 
They sure cannot fix the year 2000 problem on any computer I know of.

It is not a trivial problem. It is more than times and dates. It reuires rewriting OS's and programs at a basic level. In many cases it is insoluble and machine replacement is required. Worldwide cost will drag on for 40 years and cost 100's of billions of dollars.

It has to do with how large non stop military and gov't computers store ongoing time. It is in seconds. The system time runs out in a 32 bit word size in 136 years. System designers did not come to terms with OS register overflow and how many automatic computer controlled systems would crash if it hit this operating condition. It will hit and they will crash. In some cases building heating systems will refuse to operate. It is insidious and virtually world wide in its scope and reaches into every facet of every life on the planet.
Already gov't have said that ONLY emergency services will be fixed in time. Lots of companies who trust their code will only find out when the date changes what can go wrong. Don't forget that the average sys admin does not even know what code checks the date with what routine and the capabilities of it.

I know Linux is safe unitil the year 2038 and then it blows up. Do you think a building maintenance company has any idea what kind of code checks its fire alarm system, elevators and air conditioning? Guess again.. I will bet they don't or cannot even test the systems!

E. Charters.
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