Friday, August 4, 2000

Rumours -- 3:43 pm CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

In the wake of A.T. Hun's apparent abduction by aliens (good luck, A.T.), I've been searching the web for interesting news so that we publish something today. However, it's apparently a slow news day everywhere. So, it's time to start publishing rumors!
While skimming through comp.os.vms, I ran across a post which claimed that the longest uptime for a VMS system is the system which runs Ireland's railroad switching system. The system has reportedly been running since 1983 with no crashes or reboots. Yes, that's 17 years--longer than I've been using IBM-type PCs. Unbelievable? Well, maybe for an Intel/Micro$oft system (we have an NT server which is rebooted every morning to avoid a certain crash), but life is different in the VAX/VMS world. Now THAT'S stable! (And I'll be trying to verify this rumor--stay tuned. . .)

A.T. Hun comments: Nope, no aliens. I checked the news this morning and there was nothing worth reporting (still isn't) so my family and I went out of town for the day.

News for 08/04/2000

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