[Themaintainers] Happy not-Y2K bug 🐛 20 years anniversary to all maintainer people

[dubravka]

There is also a new text by Geoff Manaugh on Y2K in the new newyorker

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/when-russia-and-america-cooperated-to-avert-a-y2k-apocalypse


On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, 05:03 Cowan, Ruth S, <rcowan at sas.upenn.edu> wrote:

> Take a look at this old-fashioned print article on the subject; seems to
> me to be better celebration of maintenance and maintainers:
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/
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> Ruth Schwartz Cowan. Ph.D.
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> Janice and Julian Bers Professor, Emerita
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> History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
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> Author (with Matthew H. Hersch) of *A Social History of American
> Technology*, 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2017)
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> *From:* themaintainers-bounces at lists.stevens.edu [mailto:
> themaintainers-bounces at lists.stevens.edu] *On Behalf Of *mace ojala
> *Sent:* Monday, December 30, 2019 7:52 PM
> *To:* Maintainers <themaintainers at lists.stevens.edu>
> *Subject:* [Themaintainers] Happy not-Y2K bug 🐛 20 years anniversary to
> all maintainer people
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> Dear all
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> As the year 2019 comes to a closing, it also marks the 20 year anniversary
> of the Y2K event... or rather mostly *non-event*, thanks to all the
> software maintenance labour back then. A fine occasion to celebrate and
> study and learn from it!
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> This is being discussed on Twitter under #y2k and Computerphile made an
> episode about it too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrKKrsIpQw. Send
> your favourite academic references :)
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> *Happy new year everyone*
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> --
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> Mace Ojala
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> Research Assistant or something, I've lost track
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> IT University of Copenhagen
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