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> Note NASA controlled the moon missions with an IBM 360/95 that had something like 5 MB of RAM, 1GB of disk, and about 6 million instructions per second. And
by vacri 9y ago
> Note NASA controlled the moon missions with an IBM 360/95 that had something like 5 MB of RAM, 1GB of disk, and about 6 million instructions per second.
And an army of technicians available around the clock to keep it working. Whereas your IoT light 'just works' and isn't expected to require any support at all.
- PaulHoule 9y agoActually, the 360 was a big leap forward in reliability as it was second-generation transistorized, made with automated manufacturing, etc. As for the high complexity of IoT things, I don't think the extra complexity helps reliability, security, etc.