Gregory's Server@fatsam π― this. I was departmental systems manager at the time. We did a huge amount of careful checking and fixing, and found a lot of things that would have failed if not sorted. Such careful, informed foresight seems completely unimaginable today. π Or indeed even after Jan 2000 when the news media take was there had been nothing to worry about. π€¬π
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@FaithfullJohn @fatsam βY2K wasnβt that big of a dealβ is the vague impression I had until I took my first and only programming class in university, due to the fact that I was 9 years old at the time (and no adults around me worked in tech, even though I was in the SF Bay Area). So itβs great to see these counter-to-the-news-media personal stories on here, and at the same time, I can see how many people outside the tech bubble still might not be aware of the magnitude of it all, decades later. @FaithfullJohn Iβm so very sorry that people didnβt appreciate all of your hard work! π But I, for one, appreciate everything you and other tech industry veterans did so the world didnβt crash and burn before I even got to 5th grade! But there are lots of people who care about preventative work, and we will try our best to take your stories and pass them on, so please keep telling them! π |
@FaithfullJohn I've got one trying to argue with me in this thread. Hadn't expected to run into it on Masto, to be honest.