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- Subject: French computer systems found to be immune to Y2K problems
- From: Matthew Hunt <[email protected]>
- Date: 01 Apr 1997 08:39:46 -0500
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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 0:59:59 +0100 (MET)
From: "John O'Connor" <[email protected]>
Subject: French computer systems found to be immune to Y2K problems
Paris, Tuesday, 1st of April 1997
The French Ministry of Informatics (MOI) today announced that they have
determined that French computer systems will not be affected by the year
2000 problem. An extensive series of tests have been run on a wide range of
applications within the country and on no system has a Y2K problem been
apparent.
A spokesman put this good fortune down to a side-effect of the French number
system. In this system the number eighty is represented by the composite
"quatre vingts" -- literally "four twenties." French computer systems
represent the "quatre" as a single digit and will harmlessly roll over to
"cinq vingts" or "five twenties" while the rest of the world collapses.
Thus, "quatre vingts dix neuf" will increment to "cinq vingts."
French speaking areas of Belgium and Switzerland are bemused by these
developments, because they still use the older "septant, octant, nonant"
system for 70, 80, and 90. The Belgian government is thought to be
considering an urgent change in the language. This would provide a major
boost for the less prosperous French speaking part of the country when
computer systems are relocated to French speaking communes.
Microsoft has announced that it will use similar techniques to guarantee the
PCs will not suffer from such problems, by launching a new version of their
operating system. "Windows ninety ten" is expected to be available in the
year 2002.
[``MOI?'', dit Mademoiselle Petite-Couchon
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From: Steven L Baur <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: XEmacs 20.4 is released
Date: 01 Apr 1997 00:59:53 -0800
Organization: XEmacs Development Team
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