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It's less a matter of age than environment -- there are still plenty of places using lots of tape. (It's not like we're talking about vacuum tubes or core memo
by 1amzave 12y ago
It's less a matter of age than environment -- there are still plenty of places using lots of tape. (It's not like we're talking about vacuum tubes or core memory here...)
- adwn 12y agoClarification: I didn't mean to imply that tape is dead, but that during the 15 years that I've been programming, tape drives have only been used in enterprise-level backup systems, and are not used as "archetypal example" in articles intended for a more general audience.