On Mon, Jan 19, 2004, Ben-Nes Michael wrote about "off-topic funny joke":
> Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid me a visit. As we were
> talking I mentioned that I had recently installed Windows XP on my PC. I
>...
> "'One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them, One OS to bring them all and
> in the darkness bind them.' "It is only two lines from a verse long known in
> System-lore:

I saw the same joke about Windows 95, back in 1996, in the rec.humor.funny
newsgroup.  See http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/96q1/parody.html.

I guess that variants keep cropping up, as new Windows and/or Lord-of-the-
Rings movies are released :)


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