On Tue, 13 May 2003 philip_at_awale.qc.ca wrote:
> On 11-May-2003 JP Hindin wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 May 2003, VaxCat wrote:
> >> The whole oldest computer on the net thread reminded me of a story
> >> a friend told me.
> >
> >> THE AMAZING VANISHING NOVELL SERVER
> > I've seen this before; I wonder about its authenticity - but there's no
> > reason to jump to any conclusions...
>
> This is an urbane legend that I believe to be true.
>
> Google found this :
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/18265.html
>
> (this probably isn't a good enough reference to guaranty authenticity,
> though)
I'm still skeptical. Think of this: what better hack than to fool some
newspaper reporter into doing a story on an old high-tech urban legend?
I'm sure there's a kernel of truth to the story, but it sounds too dumb to
have actually happened like it's told.
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