Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:39:01 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: mjacob@feral.com, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/dec mcclock.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001042232370.2624-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20000104071255.D2B501CC6@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Peter Wemm wrote: > (In the code below, USE_RTC_CENTURY is never defined) > > Hmm, it looks like we have another 'prior art' to shoot down the y2k > windowing patent. We've used the 1970 window since at least as far > back as 1994. It was "intented" and patented in Feb 1995: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/17/081l-121799-idx.html It was in rev.1.1 in 1993 and probably in the patchkit in 1992. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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