In article <26y8dnew93ev$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
First, it did not happen in 1998. It happened in 1997. Second, They did
not send out tugs to tow it in to port, the Yorktown had auxillary
propulsion systems it used to return under power. Third, The incident was
largely blown out of proportion due to misquoting by the Government
Computer News magazine.
Also, the Yorktown was running an out of date, and obsolete version of the
SMCS software with the data safeguards deliberately disabled.
http://www.gcn.com/print/17_32/33639-1.html?topic=news
From that article:
"NT played no role in the Yorktown¢s LAN crash, Baker said."
Further, the source of the story, Anthony DiGiorgio, claims he was
misquoted and never said the things the author claims he said.
http://www.gcn.com/print/17_20/33292-1.html
...and fifth, this has been discussed numerous times in this group. It
is extremely unlikely that Roy is not aware of the details. Hence, yet
again, he's posting something he knows is incorrect, because he believes
that lying is OK if it is a pro-Linux lie.
