[ISN] Merriam-Webster site taken down

From: mea culpa (jericho@dimensional.com)
Date: Tue Aug 04 1998 - 23:43:31 PDT

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Wed Aug  5 00:41:57 MDT 1998
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    What happened?

    On Thursday night, July 30th, the facility that hosts
    Merriam-Webster's Web site was burglarized and its
    servers were stolen. We've managed to restore limited
    capacity, but we need to obtain new hardware from our
    suppliers before we can return to full service. We hope
    to have the entire site active again in a few days. We
    apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will bear
    with us as we deal with the situation.

    Thank you for your patience.

    --The Merriam-Webster Web Team

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