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uibuibk··on Why Apple Nixed My iPhone App
No a system where the local police/magistrate is allowed to interpret the rules however they wish and you aren't allowed to question them, ask for an explanation, appeal to a higher authority or have any sort of representation is facism.
uibuibk··on Sun engineer responds to the Backblaze "Petabytes on a budget" design
Ironic though how Sun spent the last 20years trying to persuade companies that networks of Unix mini-computers were a cheap reliable alternative to mainframes - yet when it comes to putting disks in boxes you need to have everything stamped with the magic 'enterprise' badge.

If you believed their spin presumably you would buy from a proper enterprise company like IBM or EDC - not some failed workstation vendor.

uibuibk··on Sun engineer responds to the Backblaze "Petabytes on a budget" design
Exactly - this is a replacement for a tape library, not a database server.
uibuibk··on Sun engineer responds to the Backblaze "Petabytes on a budget" design
>Sun is selling peace of mind

Right upto the point where they are sold to a database company that isn't interested in selling disks.

the nice thing about the blaze is that if seagate decide to double their prices or much you to a new expensive platform - you just buy toshiba instead.