In a message dated 3/30/99 10:23:17 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> You forgot that Gnome and KDE aren't either (for you AOLamers out there,
>  neither is Info) :)

If that's true, the programmers working on KDE and GNOME out to be noodle-
whipped in public.  These products are babies, and not having them Y2K
compliant from the get-go is a HUGE mistake and shows lack of planning on the
part of the developers.

As for the AOLamers comment - ya know, I understand anyone's opinion of not
liking AOL - but don't insult me for using it.  I have my reasons as you have
yours.  I thought we gave up calling each other names in high-school - or
maybe you haven't reached that point yet. 

Anyway, what does Info and AOL have to do with each other?  Or did I miss
something?


>  On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote:
>  
>  > In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
>  > > I get a Slackware 2.0.29 Kernel of Linux. I'd like to know if it's Y2K.
>  > > If not which version is Y2K.
>  > 
>  > Only Debian GNU/Linux is Y2K compliant (any version).  All other distros
>  > will fail at the end of this year.  Please reformat your Slackware system
>  > and install Debian as soon as possible.
>  > 
>  > Also, Emacs is NOT Y2K... you should use vi.
>  


I can understand why a package is not Y2K compliant.  But if I understand
correctly, a package is nothing more than a compiled program.  So, why would
Debian be compliant on a given package but the same package not be compliant
under Slackware?  That doesn't make sense at all.

And, if there are still Y2K problems with GNU packages, why in the hell aren't
they fixing them before coming up with new features?  

-Jay

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