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Y2-Rich Bug?

By Brian | February 11, 2006 | Share on Facebook

According to this, the IRS has a separate computer to track his taxes, because their normal computers can’t handle numbers that big. Says Gates, “My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can’t deal with the numbers.”

OK, two things: 1) I realize the guy has a ton of money ($47 billion, according to Forbes), but if the IRS can’t handle that, it’s a problem with the software, not the computer. And the fix they’d install wouldn’t disable the software for the rest of us, so why would they need a separate computer? And 2) Shouldn’t the head of Microsoft know this? And if they are using a separate computer for his taxes (for whatever reason), shouldn’t he be able to explain it better?

Topics: Money Talk | 1 Comment »

One Response to “Y2-Rich Bug?”

  1. Walter says at June 2nd, 2006 at 5:00 am :
    Well, may be the software, that handles the data is very hard and need to be installed separatly on the more powerful computer.