Microsoft expands mainframe pitch

Mike takes the gold!: One of your best ever, Mike.

I especially liked the subtle touch, and the use of "five nines minus one" for a week [1]. The very best line, though, was the last one.

[1] "Five nines" for a week would be six seconds of downtime. The figure given is almost two hours of unscheduled downtime.; Posted by: Yagotta B. Kidding Posted on: 08/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Microsoft mainframes?? Jeff Spicoli | 08/25/04

Microsoft Clusters nucrash | 08/26/04

Kidding? systemcleaner | 08/26/04

Oxymoron Plain Logic | 08/25/04

lol CobraA1 | 08/25/04

That's a joke, right? merlinmurph | 08/26/04

Oops, thanks merlinmurph | 08/27/04

A definite 10 shallow_diver | 08/26/04

Mike takes the gold! Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/04

Broken Record Roger Ramjet | 08/26/04

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