tales from an ordinary world

2002-07-06

Weekend work. I scoop out the operating system of one of our oldest and most central servers, replacing it with a newer, shinier release. Layer the services back on top of it. With any luck, nobody'll notice a thing on Monday. It's hard to explain the satisfaction you get out of doing this sort of thing. It's all about the appearance of effortlessness. Solaris 7 has left the building, and nobody knows...