In a humorous account from The Register's 'Who, Me?' column, a reader named Bill narrates a mistake from his early career. Fresh out of university, he worked with IBM AS/400 systems, utilizing green screen terminals to perform commands like shutting down machines. However, in his eagerness to leave for the weekend, he mistakenly executed a command that powered down a client's production server. Upon returning, he was met with the tense atmosphere resulting from his error, which provided a lesson in hastiness and workplace vigilance.
Bill recounted a busy week managing both an on-prem and remote AS/400 machine, eager to head out for the weekend. He entered 'PWRDWNSYS RESTART(*NO)', mistakenly shutting down the client’s production box instead.
Reflecting on his hasty exit, Bill shared: 'This happened in a time before mobile phones, and I had a fantastic weekend.' But upon his return, he walked into an alarming atmosphere at work.
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