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The IRS's policies on e-mail storage were primitive even by the standards of 15 years ago What? I'm almost certain the hard drive I had in 2000 was less than 1

The IRS's policies on e-mail storage were primitive even by the standards of 15 years ago What? I'm almost certain the hard drive I had in 2000 was less than 10GB. At 500MB per email user, that's 20 users per entire disk...

seacious 12y ago
He's probably not referring so much to the specific limits on mailbox size as he is to the policy of forcing responsibility for maintaining permanent archives on the users of the system rather than the administrators of it.
- etrevino 12y ago
  It's a she, Megan McArdle. I'm not trying to be that guy, just letting you know. If you have time, check out some of her other articles. She's a pretty balanced commentator.
  - seacious 12y ago
    My bad. I wish there were gender neutral pronouns I could use so that I wouldn't have to worry about shit like this when it doesn't matter.
    - etrevino 12y ago
      Trust me, I get it. There's always the "singular they," though English majors will hate you for it.