Could it be true....
Kieran Larkin wrote:
>
> >From Sydney Uni:
>
> >Dear All,
> >
> >Today is the first 29th of Feburary on a century year for 400 years,
> >thanks to the Gregorian Calendar. The DEC machine operating system
> >licenses can't deal with this, they get the date from the network
> >time server (suphys). As a result, you won't be able to log on to a
> >DEC machine today. They will function properly again tomorrow, once
> >they get the date 1/3/00 from suphys. It may be necessary to reboot
> >them, we'll know more tomorrow.
> >
> >In the meantime, just log on to a sun, or PC running solaris, they are all
> ok.
> >
> >I've called Compaq (DEC that was) and blown a big rasberry at them.
> >
> >Tony.
> >
> >
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