The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to NostalgiaEnglish · 4 months agoMany of us survived that dark daylemmy.worldimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1537arrow-down18
arrow-up1529arrow-down1imageMany of us survived that dark daylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to NostalgiaEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoProbably scared it would crash on y2k
minus-squaresep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoA lot of software was updated prior to y2k to be able to cope with dates. But the transition was still difficult for some software.
minus-squareVilianlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agobut you couldn’t use the computer anymore???
minus-squaresep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoCould not deal with the transition. No issues afterwards. So all machines off the evening before was sop for a lot of companies
wtf turn off would do to help??
Probably scared it would crash on y2k
deleted by creator
A lot of software was updated prior to y2k to be able to cope with dates. But the transition was still difficult for some software.
but you couldn’t use the computer anymore???
Could not deal with the transition. No issues afterwards. So all machines off the evening before was sop for a lot of companies