When I joined Apple in '87 there was a sign in the systems software group saying "Time to boot tripled!" Sort of a group conscience thing; this was just prior

When I joined Apple in '87 there was a sign in the systems software group saying "Time to boot tripled!" Sort of a group conscience thing; this was just prior to System 6 shipping, and things had gotten lots slower due to collective abdication of the "time to boot" feature. They fixed it, more or less, then less and less over time . . . Boot time is a good indication of /other/ neglect, and long boot times point to possible architectural and systemic problems. For one thing, if your OS developers are suffering long boot times, what kind of system are you actually hatching?