OT: The "missing" server (was Re: [Gllug] USB Securikey)

John Edwards John.Edwards at cornerstonelinux.co.uk
Mon Jul 21 22:25:09 UTC 2003


On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 10:46:03PM +0100, David Damerell wrote:
> On , 21 Jul 2003, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
>>I read a story a while ago about some US university with a Novell server
>>which they had "lost". It was a functional machine, but no-one knew
>>where it was physically located. This was ignored for some time, until
>>they eventually needed to track it down as part of a network move. It
>>was discovered, bricked up in a disused storage area.
> 
> University of North Carolina. My partner's father works there - which
> makes it a friend of a friend of a friend story for you guys, but...
> 
> -- 
> David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

This has been retold many times (usually in the first week of April), 
sometimes it's Novell and other time's SparcStation running Solaris.

Is there any reports from UNC or Novell to show that this is true ?

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