[LEAPSECS] presentations from AAS Future of Time sessions

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <EAD2CFB1-799E-4BC9-9A68-80AAD893E485 at batten.eu.org>, Ian Batten wri
tes:


>It would be interesting to know what proportion of computers

>1975--2000 had their clocks aligned to within +/- 22 seconds of

>anything, such that ignoring leap second was anything other than

>a second-order effect.


As a first order approximation:

Number of computers with correct clocks pretty much follows the
fraction of computers running something better than Win98 and
connected to the net by non-dial-up means.

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