[16722] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Re (2): Core router bakeoff?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Forrest W. Christian)
Sat May 9 19:40:46 1998
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 17:17:24 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@iMach.com>
To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.980508105734.4620l-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Michael Dillon wrote:
> > My UPSs and hard drives are all y2k compliant. So is my shaver, toothbrush,
> > alarm clock, power screwdriver, and ham sandwich.
>
> I'd be careful about jumping to conclusions like that if I were you. Don't
> wait until after the Year 2000 to eat that ham sandwich or you might find
> it a most unpleasant experience! ;-)
Especially when you find out that your APC UPS just shut down because it
has a Y2k problem. Yes, thats right, certain UPS's with date code in
them will fail Jan 1 2000.
- Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com)
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