8 Jan
2004
8 Jan
'04
11:44 a.m.
Owen DeLong wrote:
5 Eventually, the fact that this didn't matter was pointed out by some.
I don't see any real reason for Verisign to do this, other than possibly some lazy coding in automation tools (that SN is slightly easier to use as a timestamp in automation than one that is the encoded date). It doesn't provide the functionality they are striving for.
However, I don't see any meaningful reason for them not to do this either.
I am a (currently unemployed) mouse. I worry when the cat announces changes that the cat says are of no interest to mice. I worry especially when I can not clearly see a benifit to either cat or mice.