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UPDATE: And the saga continues.... Seems Tuttle's City Manager can't keep his mouth shut long enough to keep from inserting his foot in it. Does this man have a clue? Find out by checking out the follow-up story at The Register!

While browsing through my RSS reader I came across a story that caught my attention titled, Oklahoma city threatens to call FBI over 'renegade' Linux maker. When I started reading the article, it was all I could do to keep the cola from coming out of my nose because I was laughing so hard.

If Tulsa hires a City Manager, I hope they don't look at this techno wiz's resume. Here's a teaser excerpt, but you'll have to read the whole story via link at the bottom of this post.

The heartland turned vicious this week when an Oklahoma town threatened to call in the FBI because its web site was hacked by Linux maker Cent OS. Problem is CentOS didn't hack Tuttle's web site at all. The city's hosting provider had simply botched a web server.

This tale kicked off yesterday when Tuttle's city manager Jerry Taylor fired off an angry message to the CentOS staff. Taylor had popped onto the city's web site and found the standard Apache server configuration boilerplate that appears with a new web server installation. Taylor seemed to confuse this with a potential hack attack on the bustling town's IT infrastructure.

The point that made cola spew from unintended spew points was this little jewel straight from the City Manager:

"I am computer literate! I have 22 years in computer systems engineering and operation. Now, can you tell me how to remove 'your software' that you acknowledge you provided free of charge? I consider this 'hacking.'"

You can read the whole enchilada over at The Register by clicking here.

WARNING: Do not consume any liquids when reading this story!