Reply to post: Re: A reel of tape valued at £1M

A floppy filled with software worth thousands of francs: Techie can't take it, customs won't keep it. What to do?

Mog_X

Re: A reel of tape valued at £1M

Back in the early 90s our company had successfully migrated one of the key applications from an old platform.

At the post-implementation party one of the key people was presented with a reel tape from the old system as a present. He got a bit inebriated that night and was found by Plod in a semi conscious state, still clutching the reel.

They thought that they had stumbled upon a major hacking incident and called our IT director to say as such. It took a few hours to straighten everything out and our guy didn't get in any trouble (although the story stuck with him for the rest of his days there)

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