8 Apr
1999
8 Apr
'99
1:49 a.m.
At 22:44 06/04/99 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
I am not totally convinced. Computers have become a lot
more complicated
in the last 20 years, and IMHO some of that complexity has led to
unreliablity (cf the comparative crash rate of say Windows and CP/M).
The sort of anecdotal evidence that I can put forward is that the VAXes I
currently look after are more reliable than the 11/780s I looked after ten
or so years ago which in turn were significantly more reliable that the
DECsystem-10 I used to use. However, this is just my experience so it's
hardly hard scientific proof.
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au
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