After Nine Servers He Worked On Failed, Techie Imagined Next Career As Beach Vendor
The Register, Tuesday, October 31,2023
Sadly (?) that idyllic outcome didn't eventuate even after some very risky repairs
WHO, ME? Welcome once again, gentle readerfolk, to the safe corner of The Register we call Who, Me? in which readers much like yourselves unburden themselves with stories that have been weighing on their minds - because they recall moments when things did not go quite according to plan.
Take for instance this week's hero, who we will Regomize as "Ivor". In his misbegotten youth, Ivor once worked for a college in the UK which, like many of its ilk at the time, used Novell Netware servers. In fact, this particular institution had just updated to the brand spanking new eDirectory, which it installed on ten of its servers.