[escepticos] -> Y2K: ya empieza....

[Víctor R. Ruiz <rvr@...>]

  Hola:

  Para aquellas personas que siguen defendiendo el software propietario a
diestro y siniestro.

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     PERSONAL COMPUTING

        Microsoft bitten by bug

     DEUTSCHE PRESSE-AGENTUR in Seattle

     The Y2K computer problem has struck at the heart
     of the hi-tech industry and caused mild
     embarrassment to the world's leading software
     maker.

     On Tuesday, industry giant Microsoft was forced to
     edit out on-line references to three of its
     self-published books that were announced with a
     scheduled release of January 1900.

     The announcement on the Web site of Microsoft
     Press displayed the classic symptoms of having been
     bitten by the Y2K bug, which affects software that
     only uses two digits to display the year, so that
     January 1, 2000, could be interpreted as January 1,
     1900.

     The mix-up was particularly frustrating for
     Microsoft considering that the concerned training
     kits are targeted at computer professionals.

     The three titles are also published as accompanying
     literature to Microsoft's flagship software, the 2000
     version of the Windows operating system.

     For those who want to ensure that problems such as
     the one displayed on the Microsoft Press Web site do
     not occur, the company offers help.

     A title called "Debugging Applications" will be
     released in January. January 2000, that is.
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  Pues eso. Felices fiestas y feliz año 1900,

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Víctor R. Ruiz               rvr en ulpgc.es
División de Comunicaciones
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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