Joining Mailing Lists for Peer-to-Peer Y2K Help
Mailing lists for discussion of Y2K issues at UC Berkeley
Mailing lists for computer support user groups at UC Berkeley
Mailing lists & discussion groups beyond UC Berkeley
If you're a member of the UC Berkeley campus community who is
working to find and resolve Y2K problems on computers within your
department or unit, you are invited to join campus mailing lists
that will enable you to discuss issues of common concern with others
engaged in similar efforts.
These lists are an excellent place for sharing your
"real world" experiences in finding and resolving Y2K
problems with your peers in other campus departments and units.
You'll have the opportunity to ask questions, respond to
others' questions, and exchange useful tips and resources.
In some cases, you might also find it beneficial to join
certain non-campus Y2K mailing lists. Some examples of such lists
appear below.
The primary mailing list for discussion of Y2K issues at UC Berkeley,
including topics pertinent to departmental computers, is:
Year 2000 at UC Berkeley
Created by John Ives of UC Berkeley's Department of English, this currently
(as of March 1999) low-volume mailing list
has become the de facto campus mailing list for general discussion
of Y2K topics.
The following mailing lists may also occasionally feature Y2K discussions,
particularly on topics pertinent to specific computer platforms:
Examples of potentially relevant, non-UC Berkeley lists for discussion of Y2K topics include:
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EDUCAUSE's Year 2000 Constituent Group
An unmoderated, low-volume mailing list for high-level discussion of
Y2K issues affecting higher education institutions.
Sponsored by EDUCAUSE, an association whose focus is the
"management and use of computational, network, and information
resources in support of higher education ..."
See the list archives for examples of past topics discussed on this list.
- The Usenet newsgroup
comp.software.year-2000.tech
A relatively low-volume newsgroup devoted to technical discussions of Y2K issues.
You would typically use a "news reader" program or a Web browser to view
and post messages to this newsgroup.
This newsgroup may not be 'carried' by some news servers administered by
non-UC Berkeley Internet service providers (ISPs).
Not to be confused with the extremely high-volume
comp.software.year-2000 newsgroup, which appears to be devoted
almost exclusively to heated discussions of the possible societal effects
of Y2K problems.
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Year 2000 Discussion List
A moderated, shareware, high-volume mailing list which often
features in-depth technical discussions of Y2K issues affecting microcomputers,
mid-range computers, and mainframes;
as well as occasional threads dealing with broader topics, ranging from
liability and supply chain concerns to larger societal issues.
The list is sponsored by the Year 2000 Information Center, a joint
venture of Peter de Jager's Petrus & Associates, Inc.
and the Internet marketing firm The Tenagra Corporation.
You can subscribe to (and hence try out) this list free for the
first 30 days, but will then need to pay
$50 per year if you wish to continue as a subscriber. There are typically
20 - and sometimes many more - messages posted to this list each day.