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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/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></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
<u>A Social History of American Technology</u>, 2<sup>nd</sup> edition (Oxford University Press, 2017)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://global.oup.com/ushe/search?q=a+social+history+of+american+technology&cc=&lang=en"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">https://global.oup.com/ushe/search?q=a+social+history+of+american+technology&cc=&lang=en</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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"> themaintainers-bounces@lists.stevens.edu [mailto:themaintainers-bounces@lists.stevens.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>mace ojala<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 30, 2019 7:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maintainers <themaintainers@lists.stevens.edu><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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all<o:p></o:p></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!<o:p></o:p></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">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrKKrsIpQw</a>. Send your favourite academic references :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*Happy new year everyone*<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mace Ojala<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Research Assistant or something, I've lost track<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IT University of Copenhagen<o:p></o:p></p>
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