Related story. Worked for a company back in '98 that used Thunderbird character names like Virgil, Brains and Penelope for their servers. One morning the AS400 gateway PC 'Gordon' had its motherboard fried and the helpdesk staff relayed the message to the users. After lunch we started receiving "Sorry for your loss" cards regarding Gordons death, obviously some people thought Gordon was a real person.
Related story. Worked for a company back in '98 that used Thunderbird character names like Virgil, Brains and Penelope for their servers. One morning the AS400 gateway PC 'Gordon' had its motherboard fried and the helpdesk staff relayed the message to the users. After lunch we started receiving "Sorry for your loss" cards regarding Gordons death, obviously some people thought Gordon was a real person.