[nzlug] When back-ups work

[Nick 'Zaf' Clifford]

Steve Withers wrote:
> When I worked at IBM, I was well known for having my own custom "user
> supported" laptop. One day, I was told that my lap-top would have to conform
> - or else.
>
> They took my laptop, backed up my data, wiped the drive and installed their
> crippled Win95 build instead of my own OS/2 v4.0 system that could dual boot
> to Red Hat Linux. They had their tick on the box next to my name. Their job
> was done. I thanked them.
>
> I took the laptop home. I backed up their build in case they ever wanted to
> see it again.
>
> I restored my own from my backups...and it was perfect. Here we are 10 years
> later and I'm still glowing. :-)
>   
>
10 Years on and you're still running OS/2? You know, its probably time
to give it up. ;)

Nick