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> least amount of money for computer parts Didn't this bite them too, via a lack of ECC and associated software development costs? Meanwhile, Amazon used off-t
by akhilcacharya 6y ago
> least amount of money for computer parts
Didn't this bite them too, via a lack of ECC and associated software development costs? Meanwhile, Amazon used off-the-shelf expensive Sun/HP machines for many tasks.
- imhoguy 6y agoWell, I suppose back then Google’s and Amazon’s risk tolerance was different. What would be an impact of bit flip in repeatable crawling and search results vs product listing and atomic financial transactions?