Good News: Linux Gives Life to Old Hardware. Bad News: Maybe in Some Cases it Shouldn't | Linux Today

Good News: Linux Gives Life to Old Hardware. Bad News: Maybe in Some Cases it Shouldn’t

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 13, 2008

“I was in one of my customer’s datacenters the other day, and
while I do most work remotely, I had to take this opportunity to
take some snapshots of their proxy server.

“This post is just a bit of fun. This is not supposed to be
their server, it was just a stopgap measure because of multiple
hardware failures. This is a large, well managed company, and this
irregular situation will be fixed soon. And anyway, it is working
just fine…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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