17 Mar
2010
17 Mar
'10
5:17 p.m.
Jos Dreesen wrote:
William Blair wrote:
See:
http://news.cnet.com/The-hard-drive-at-50/2009-1015_3-6112782.html
Had the pleasure of speaking with Jim Porter a couple years back.
In 1950s paper companies had higher technology perception than on
present day screen planet.
As stated in article, it was a technology showpiece. He said it also did
speed things up.
Fewer patch panels, cards, etc.
Steve
5 MB (approx.) for only $3,200/month ($24,978 in
2009 dollars)!
I wonder what use case would justify that kind of expense, or would
tape storage not have been that much cheaper ?
Jos