Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 22:04:59 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: Shannon Hendrix <shannon@widomaker.com> Cc: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>, "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>, <ccf@master.ndi.net>, <gordont@bluemtn.net>, <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: technical comparison Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0105222158140.43084-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <20010522210824.C2734@widomaker.com>
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On Tue, 22 May 2001, Shannon Hendrix wrote: : :Point taken, but the "yank power, see who survives" test is illogical :and dangerous thinking. Depends on the enviornment. I've had lots of machines just lose power. People will pull power cords out, the back-up generators won't start before the battery back-up runs out, someone will push the Big Red Switch. Even the best back-up power isn't going to help if it catches fire. I sort of like machines to work when the power comes back. -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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