We bustle about and respect the old convivialities but a hundredweight of work is keeping us from the jolly halls. Work gives us a living, not a life. Happy holidays to you all. Due to a misquotation, various newspapers reported that the mainframe would be taken offline that evening as some curious sort of Y2K precaution. The mainframe will run right through the night, just as it does every night.
Reporters can be a real pain sometimes.
Don't forget, mainframe users, that the Data Center will take a full system backup on Friday, December 31. It will be a special backup, a Y2K precaution. We will start around noon on the 31 st . The backup normally takes less than 12 hours. Speaking of tape drives, it will be a few more weeks before we can install better, faster drives.