April 1 joke from Amazon Cloud Services.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:07:30 -0500, John McKown wrote:
>
>>Yes, it's seems to be for real. But I have no idea what it is running on.
>>Only has a few of the "free" system software OSes available, just like
>>Hercules/390.
>>
>>http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2013/04/pc2-the-new-punched-card-cloud.html
>>
>>Yes, I've visited the site. With Javascript disabled, of course. Seems to
>>be OK. But I'm no expert.
>>
> The site suggests that they're using actual salvaged s/370s.  The energy
> consumption must be enormous.  They must be economizing on their
> utility bills by using Rossi's E-cat.
>
> -- gil
>
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Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?

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