Website down? Quick, check the Xbox!

Universities are always coming up with ways to save money. A couple of years back, a hacked Xbox running Linux installed had been put in the server room to support a subject designed to teach computer-illiterate Philosophy students how to build their own web pages.Several years later there was a new manager and the department’s Unix administrator was one of the few people left who knew what the console was used for. Few of the other staff ventured into the server room so there was little reason to wonder why an Xbox was sitting on the rack.Five weeks into the semester the IT department started receiving calls from students who were unable to access their web projects.The Unix admin trotted off to the server room and was surprised to find that the Xbox was no longer present. As it did not look as though someone had broken in to the room, there had to be another explanation.The administrator went down to the new manager’s office to report the missing Xbox. The new manager was quiet for a moment and then informed the administrator that it was he who had removed the X-Box. The manager had thought the console was just being used for gaming. The manager decided to take the Xbox home so that his son would have something to entertain himself with.The manager then drove home and retrieved the console. The administrator got a labeling machine and plastered the words “This is actually a server” all across the console. View: WindowsITPro Read full story...

 


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