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Subject:  Re: Humor in HP documentation?




<Frank Letts' excerpt snipped>

<Bruce Toback writes...>

     I've heard this story applied to so many operating systems that I'm
     convinced it's an urban legend.

<snip>

     N is the Noon. Much more than dreary night
     The noontime hour sees rise the rotting dead,
     Who from their wooden cells go muttering forth.
     Then will you hear them speak of ancient wrongs,
     Of projects cancelled, systems vague and strange,
     Of intricate enhancements ill-designed,
     And long-lost deadlines. Then also do they chart
     Forgotten job-streams flowing in the night
     To since-discarded listings. Men they curse
     Who plucked Procrustean schedules from the air

                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   Ahhh !! Memories of "...Procrustean databases", right, Alfredo, Fred and
    Bob (Green)??


     And then departed, called to high estate
     In distant companies long since forgot.
   <snipped.
Lee Gunter
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