15 Mar
1999
15 Mar
'99
10:27 p.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
Yes, I did... but I had just seen the same joke on alt.folklore.computers,
so I wondered if this was a copy.
Now the _real_ stoke of genius was the reply article (see below).
-- Derek
Article 213068 of alt.folklore.computers:
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From: Dave Daniels <a__fake__address(a)127.0.0.1>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Unix case-sensitivity: how did it originate?
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:32:32 GMT
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.9903151346270.2517-100000(a)mozell.hib.no>no>, Eivind
<db96ek(a)oliven.hib.no> wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Ward D. Griffiths III wrote:
Well, Micros~1
assures us that they have a stable server operating
^^^^^^^^
Didn't anyone else realize how clever that was? :)
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com And in the official way to spell the name of the
largest sw company on
the planet: Micros~1
:-)
If they end up split into baby Micro~1s, as has been suggested,
they could be Micros~1, Micros~2, Micros~3 and Micros~4.
(Hmm... That's a thought... Does that mean that they will be hard to
tell apart?)
Dave
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