-=> Quoting Jean Parrot to Nancy Backus on 01-13-08  09:25 <=-

 NB>> Somehow I doubt any of us will be around for that date...  and DOS
 NB>> is set to die earlier than that, too.

 JP> Why do you say that DOS is to die ? I still use it some. Even
 JP> now, that my systems are all on ntfs, I still start a system by
 JP> using FDISK and FORMAT. With a new CD called UBCD4WINDOWS, any ntfs
 JP> system can be seen by DOS. My mind is on a one track....DOS.

It certainly isn't because I would like it to, because I'm still using
pretty much pure DOS.  But, I've been told by my Wizard that in 2108 the
FAT file system on which DOS is based will cease to function.  Before
that, in 2038, the C programs that use the Unix time functions (ie
anything that depends on time, written in C) will stop working.  That
one is 1980 + 128... an unfortunately built in flaw.  The programmers
among us can explain that more fully probably... but that's about as
much as I understand about it.  :)

2038 isn't all that far from now, but somehow I don't think that any of
us will be around to see the demise of DOS in 2108.  :)

ttyl        neb

... I've amnesia and deja-vu together. I think I've forgotten this before

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