[geeks] Something fun

[Dave McGuire]

On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 01:22 PM, Michael A. Turner wrote:
> 	Earlier today I was brining down a sparc 5 system for it's last time
> doing it's appointed task (mail and internet filtering). As I was 
> doing the
> shutdown command I remembered that I could post a message while doing 
> it.
> Now no one but me would see it but I felt this old work horse should 
> have a
> chance to get one last word in as it was taken out behind the barn and 
> shot
> (figuratively). Since it was being decommissioned in favor of a younger
> faster and larger windows 2000 server the message was "Curse you Bill 
> Gates!
>> From the depths of Silicon hell I strike at thee!"

   You're taking down an SPARC and replacing it with a Windows box?

   The rest of the world is moving the other way, man.  You have my 
sympathies.

       -Dave

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