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> It was also probably the most reliable. We never switched off or even logged out of the machines for 6 months to a year at a time. In 2003 or 2004 I worked w
by gwbas1c 3y ago
> It was also probably the most reliable. We never switched off or even logged out of the machines for 6 months to a year at a time.
In 2003 or 2004 I worked with a former DEC engineer who begroaned their reliability. He claimed that their hard drive engineers got obsessed with making sure the drives would last 30 or 40 years, when they would be functionally obsolete (and replaced) in 5 years.