🚀 go-pugleaf

Robert Cohen (robert@cs.anu.edu.au) wrote:
: Stephen Ward <sward@ozemail.com.au> writes:

: >slb@fs.com.au (Stuart Burnfield) wrote:
: > >In article <3jj6sb$e5d@oversteer.library.uwa.edu.au>,
: > >Carl Brewer <carl@oversteer.library.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
: > >>The rather interesting sinking of the oneAustralia yacht in the Americas
: > >>Cup is a bit funny, not that solaris could have caused any problems
: > >>in the CAD software used, but Sun did sponsor it, it would seem fair
: > >>to assume that Solaris was the O/S.
: > >>
: > >Well, at least they had a recent backup :^)
: > >
: > >You have to feel sorry for Sun, seeing their logo prominently displayed
: > >on the back of the boat as it sank rapidly into the briny.
: > >-- 

: >Sun here in Sydney were saying that the one that sunk was designed on the SGI
: >box that the syndicate borrowed.

: >Yeah right... I thought it was just sending mail....

: A significant amount of computing for the oneAustralia yacht
: was done on the SparcCentre 2000 here at ANU.
: I presume computing was done elsewhere as well.

I recently flew on an Ansett plane to Melbourne, and they give you little
cards with the meal, with which you can place a message "From one Australian,
to oneAustralia".  So what did I write:

Next time, use SunOS!

:-)

Greg.

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