It isn't an IT story, but I came across this article in the LA Times today about a light bulb in a Livermore, California firehouse station that is still working after 107 years. According to the story the light bulb has been on for almost 1 million hours, and the firemen dare not turn it off because they are afraid it won't come back on.
You can see the light bulb for yourself at www.centennialbulb.org.
I do wonder, though, how many software programs will still be running after a hundred years. Maybe some of the COBOL programs at the Social Security Administration?
