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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: "RESET"
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 15:34:03 -0700
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I don't quite understand the need for "reset" buttons on products.

That function is always available by cycling power -- even for devices
where that is difficult for the user (e.g., PoE, BBU, etc.)

Shouldn't a device be able to get itself out of a "pickle" without
requiring the user to intervene?  Particularly devices that are
intended to "run forever"?

I.e., it seems like the presence of a reset button is a tacit admission
that the engineering is "lacking"...