On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Holger Berger <holger.s.berger at googlemail.com> wrote: > FYI: "y2100 compliance", the ability to represent filesystem objects > ?with dates <= 2100 and >= 1900 will be mandatory for government > ?purchases after 30 December 2012 in Germany. > ?No institution with government sponsoring will be allowed to purchase, > ?rent or lease new software or adopt software transmission protocols > ?which does not match the above criteria. Exceptions for legacy > ?software is granted til 30. December 2014. > ?The EU commission is likely going to adopt the same rules and issue a > ?EU-wide certification for y2100 compliance. > > ?Holger
Long live the i8086, long like the 640k barrier, long live MS-DOS!!! -- %martin
