4th edition says "Copyright 1981-1989".
No way will there be a mea culpa, Eugene is and alwasy was incapable of
being wrong.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Brandt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:33 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Prognostications -- why not to make them
>
>
> At 09:50 12/21/1999 -0700, Bruce Toback wrote:
> >     The big problem is that almost all user programs rely on 6-digit
> >     dates. It's not just that the HP can't handle the 21st century;
> >     chances are that your payroll, accounts payable,
> general ledger --
> >     all your programs will believe that something done on 01/01/00
> >     was long before 12/31/99. That is the thing people should start
> >     worrying about soon.
> >
> >     The good news, of course, is that things aren't pressing just
> >     yet. It's unlikely that the 3000 line will survive into the
> >     21st century, and the few of you who might have one stashed in
> >     your attic will be laughed at for using "those old dinosaurs
> >     that couldn't even talk." The designers of the 3000 are
> >     probably not too worried about this problem right now.
> >
> >    Reprinted from _Thoughts and Discourses on HP 3000 Software_
> >    by VESOFT.
> >
>
> Do you know when that was written?
>
>
>
> Tom Brandt                            Northtech Systems, Inc.
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