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> Just because the stuff is old it doesn't mean that you can't build machines with enough redundancy to make them very dependable. I can do the same with 1-dol
by jessriedel 9y ago
> Just because the stuff is old it doesn't mean that you can't build machines with enough redundancy to make them very dependable.
I can do the same with 1-dollar modern parts.
- adrianN 9y agoThat's exactly what the companies building these things do. It's not the material that's expensive, it's all the paperwork necessary to prove that it actually provides the guarantees that it does.
- jessriedel 9y agoThe context was you saying "they have to pay through the nose for replacement parts" and exabrial's downvoted reply, to which you replied "That LED light you can buy for a few bucks doesn't guarantee eight nines of uptime if you keep to the maintenance schedule". I don't know anything about this stuff, but your arguments have not been coherent.