Same for me, and I got 4 hours overtime at £45 an hour tonight, it's the gift that keeps on giving, it's just boring and frustrating, there's no stress though, as we've got a full backup and spare firewall, it's not everyone who gets to play with something that cost £140K, and that's small money compared to some of our kit.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:48 pm Computers have effectively paid for everything I own, so I can't really complain either...
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You should try IBM zSeries mainframes - the z15 was the last one I worked on. A fully configured zSeries will set you back best part of £2.5 million. And that's before you add in the OS and software stack...
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I enjoyed selling S/390 and z900's to a certain bank in Sheffieldmangocrazy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:25 pm You should try IBM zSeries mainframes - the z15 was the last one I worked on. A fully configured zSeries will set you back best part of £2.5 million. And that's before you add in the OS and software stack...
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If you were on commission I'm sure you did...westers151 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:59 pmI enjoyed selling S/390 and z900's to a certain bank in Sheffieldmangocrazy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:25 pm You should try IBM zSeries mainframes - the z15 was the last one I worked on. A fully configured zSeries will set you back best part of £2.5 million. And that's before you add in the OS and software stack...
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Become a bus driver, the kids coming through training school are going into buses costing 650k.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:39 pm
Same for me, and I got 4 hours overtime at £45 an hour tonight, it's the gift that keeps on giving, it's just boring and frustrating, there's no stress though, as we've got a full backup and spare firewall, it's not everyone who gets to play with something that cost £140K, and that's small money compared to some of our kit.
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Backup in a cyber vault?Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:39 pmSame for me, and I got 4 hours overtime at £45 an hour tonight, it's the gift that keeps on giving, it's just boring and frustrating, there's no stress though, as we've got a full backup and spare firewall, it's not everyone who gets to play with something that cost £140K, and that's small money compared to some of our kit.mangocrazy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:48 pm Computers have effectively paid for everything I own, so I can't really complain either...