On Saturday 03 January 2004 22:31, Leo Simons wrote: > Niclas Hedhman wrote: > > On Saturday 03 January 2004 20:55, Leo Simons wrote: > >>Also note it is not *that* important to get this right. Copyrights lasts > >>longer than avalon is likely to (or for that matter, java itself).
> In 75 years, the world of computing will have improved so far that the > avalon concepts have either been integrated into a radical new language > platform or have become obsoleted by as of yet unknown concepts. The > same, of course, holds for java itself. > BTW, I believe copyrights last 50 years in the US. I believe not, and the whole Disney hoo-ha is over the fact that Mickey Mouse has just turned 75years and should be public domain. (See what happen if you try to use him though....) <pessimism> There was this COBOL programmer, Jack, back in 1997 who got so sick and tired of wading through old legacy code to fix Y2K problems that he went to a cryogenic institute, explained he situation and asked; - So, I would like to be frozen, and then brought back to life after year 2000. Is that possible? - Sure, no problem... The procedure went ahead, and from Jack's perspective, he was put asleep and what felt to him a second later, he was wide awake but very wet. Also, the room had changed significantly, a lot of instruments around that he couldn't figure what they were. - He asked one of the staff... So it is after year 2000 now?? - Yes it is ! - Thank God. So what year is it? I can see from all this equipment that it must be quite some time into the future. - Well... We saw your CV and that you are a pretty good Cobol programmer, so we decided to keep you around a bit longer, just in case something came up that we would need your help for. But that never happened .... until now. Jack, You see we now have this Y10K problem coming up.... Jack, Jack, JACK!!! </pessimism> Niclas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
