Aphorism (Was: Computers that never crash (Was: Microsoft-Paul Allen)

[Jon Elson]

On 10/23/2018 05:09 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote:
> I had an Ultra Sparc machine that ran continuously for more than 5 years except for maybe 2 power outages and a couple time to vacuum it out.
Oh, well, I had a homemade UVax-II system built out of grey 
market and 3rd party boards.
I ran it for 21 years until the last in a succession of many 
hard drives finally gave up the ghost.
I ran it from 1986 to 2007, basically 24/7 except for power 
failures and occasional maintenance.

Jon