<div dir="auto"><div>There is also a new text by Geoff Manaugh on Y2K in the new newyorker<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/when-russia-and-america-cooperated-to-avert-a-y2k-apocalypse">https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/when-russia-and-america-cooperated-to-avert-a-y2k-apocalypse</a></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, 05:03 Cowan, Ruth S, <<a href="mailto:rcowan@sas.upenn.edu">rcowan@sas.upenn.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take a look at this old-fashioned print article on the subject; seems to me to be better celebration of maintenance and maintainers: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/" title="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Ruth Schwartz Cowan. Ph.D.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Janice and Julian Bers Professor, Emerita<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Author (with Matthew H. Hersch) of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:themaintainers-bounces@lists.stevens.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">themaintainers-bounces@lists.stevens.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:themaintainers-bounces@lists.stevens.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">themaintainers-bounces@lists.stevens.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>mace ojala<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 30, 2019 7:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maintainers <<a href="mailto:themaintainers@lists.stevens.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">themaintainers@lists.stevens.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Themaintainers] Happy not-Y2K bug </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">🐛</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 20 years anniversary to all maintainer people<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As the year 2019 comes to a closing, it also marks the 20 year anniversary of the Y2K event... or rather mostly
<i>non-event</i>, thanks to all the software maintenance labour back then. A fine occasion to celebrate and study and learn from it!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is being discussed on Twitter under #y2k and Computerphile made an episode about it too
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrKKrsIpQw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrKKrsIpQw</a>. Send your favourite academic references :)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*Happy new year everyone*<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mace Ojala<u></u><u></u></p>
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