Rabi Satter wrote:
> 
> I usually don't step into these times of discussions but I must object to
> your statement about sites going down. In the bad old days before the web,
> client/server, etc. a system manager would be fired for having a system go
> down as many times as this list and the sites you mentioned have. It is time
> the IT world stops saying gee that's life stuff doesn't work every now and
> then. In the mainframe/minicomputer world 99.99999% up time is the norm.
> That is what the IT world needs to have as a goal 100% reliable.

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Of course, your point is completely moot, since nobody gets paid to
maintain this mailing list. Who're you going to fire?

cheers,
Chris

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