Re: VMs: what hoax?

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Barbara Barrett <barbarabarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Barbara babbles;
> One thing a hoax has to be; and that is it must
> pretend to be something it
> is not, something that is well known and sought
> after by the victims of the
> hoaxer. So the question struck me "If the VMS is a
> hoax, what is it a hoax of?".

Sergio Toresella proposed a couple of years
ago that it pretends to be a book of mysterious
knowledge, and would add to the owner's reputation.
No particular monetary value, and no intention to
sell it.
To me this suggestion makes complete sense - I
couldn't think of anything better.

Cheers, Rene

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