FC: Kremlin computers fall victim to Y2K problems (or at least the ones in the press office)

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 06:28:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: Greg Lastowka <greglas () yahoo com>
> Reply-To: lastowka () virginia edu
> Subject: Kremlin Y2K
> To: declan () well com
>
> Declan -- thought you might be interested...
>
> Kremlin Computers Fall Victim To
> Millennium Bug
>
> MOSCOW, Jan 13, 2000 -- (Agence France
> Presse) The Kremlin press office's computer
> communication system has been paralyzed by the
> millennium bug, a spokesman for the Russian
> presidency revealed Wednesday.
>
> "It is not possible to send E-mails from our press
> service because of the year 2000 bug problem. The
> problem should be sorted out by the end of the
> month," the spokesman told AFP.
>
> On January 1 many foreign observers said that Russia
> seemed to have escaped without any computer
> problems following the date changeover on January 1.
> Older computers working in two digit dates, unable to
> distinguish between
> 1900 and 2000, were feared to have been at risk of
> shutting down. ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse)
>
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> Greg Lastowka
> University of Virginia Law School
> lastowka () virginia edu
> http://hobbes.itc.virginia.edu/~fgl2q/home.html
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