25 Feb
2007
25 Feb
'07
7:55 a.m.
John Foust wrote:
At 10:32 AM 2/24/2007, you wrote:
I'm baffled as to why they could be sued over personal observation; what
possible grounds could anyone have for suing someone who states "I have one of
these and it didn't work very well in these particular circumstances"?
Hmm- it would be nice if they identified the
manufacturer that has notably higher failure rates, but I think I can make a guess (WD?)
Google's paper addresses this. One, because they're buying so many
drives, they think if everyone knows which is "best" then that will
increase demand and drive up the price for those drives. Two, they
don't want to help their competition. Three, they didn't want to get
sued by the losers.