RE: Year 2000 woes solved?

["Kahn, David" <KAHN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Teff (jteff19@IDT.NET) wrote:

>"A 14-year-old New Zealand boy says he's come up with a solution to the Year
2000 computer
>problem - but he's not showing his stuff until he gets a patent in his
pocket. Meanwhile, the kid has
>let a computer analyst inspect his work, and the older pro says the young man
just might have
>solved the dreaded millennium bug problem."
>
>Anyone heard about this?

First I've heard of it. Without knowing any more details than that I
don't see how anyone can make a realistic comment other than to say that
the chances of his having found the Y2K silver bullet are roughly equal
to Bette Midler's chances of becoming the next pope.

The boy may well have come up with a useful tool, but there are already
lots of good tools out there. It may even be a unique and innovative
solution to one particular facet of the problem, but I'll be very
surprised if it turns out to be much more than technically illiterate
media nonsense.

Dave Kahn - TCO, Tengiz, Kazakstan
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         dkahn@cix.compulink.co.uk  (from  October 1st)
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