R. Scott Perry wrote:
> Also, a GUID is guaranteed (in theory, at least) to be unique.  According 
> to Microsoft, it stands for "globally unique identifier", and "Guidgen.exe" 
> (their GUID generator) "never produces the same number twice, no matter how 
> many times it is run or how many different machines it runs on".

Do you have a reference to this?

I'm curious how they can claim uniqueness without any coordination
unless it involves some attribute unique to the machine its running on.

-- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
           "Hangers on though you be friends be more humble
           when asking for seconds."
              Katsuhito Masaki (Grandfather); Tenchi Muyo Episode 7

Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html 
to be removed from this list.

An Archive of this list is available at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/

Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked
questions:  http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/

Reply via email to