In article <[log in to unmask]>, Denys
Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>A digression.  I am not sure of the fit of the analogy of having a web site
>hosted and an emperor having no clothes.  The story as I remember it has to
>do with some unscrupulous salesmen who sold non-existent magical fabric to
>a dim-witted emperor.  The cloth could not be seen, supposedly, by persons
>who held office or positions which they were incompetent to hold.
> Naturally, everyone wanted to keep their job/positions so everyone lauded
>the emperor and his fabulous new clothes made from that magical fabric.
> During a parade where the emperor marched through the streets with his new
>clothes, a little boy was heard to remark "The emperor has no clothes."  At
>which point everyone in the crowd chided the little boy into silence or
>simply made excuses for him, in an effort not to offend the emperor.
>
This fabric wasn't called 'Unix', by any chance?
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