Bright Spark Techie Knew The Drill And Used It To Install A Power Line, But Couldn't Outsmart An Odd Electrician
The Register, Monday, November 13,2023
Shocking problem turned out to be a frame-up
WHO, ME? Welcome once again, dear reader, to the comforting embrace of Who, Me? in which Reg readers share their tales of times technology plans did not quite work out as hoped or - as in this case - the solution turned into the problem.
The hero - or perhaps protagonist is a better word - of this tale is a technician we'll Regomize as "Antoine". In the last decade of last century Antoine worked for a company that had two vital computer systems: a network of PCs running Novell NetWare and an IBM RS6000. Big Blue's big iron ran the accounts while the PCs handled everything else like stock control, manufacturing, and sales orders.