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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 09:02:06 -0700
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On 5/25/2024 7:54 AM, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
> On 25/05/2024 23:07, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 23 May 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>
>>>> The East Asian Technotrash I found in various categories on Amazon
>>>> were mostly from mainland China. But I won't say it all is, because
>>>> this is a game anyone can play.
>>>>
>>> You mean technotrash that exists in every major data center on the 
>>> planet?
>>> Or are you talking cheap toys?
>>
>> In terms of the trash in datacenters, the basic philosophy among the IT
>> people is that it doesn't matter if equipment is built well or not beause
>> it will be replaced in three years anyway due to technological change.
>>
>> This is what put guys like DEC out of business... nobody wanted to spend
>> money for more solidly-built machines when they were going to discard
>> them long before their expected end of life.
>>
> Never dealt with Japan, have you?
> 
> I'm supporting systems there that will *not* be replaced unless and 
> until they collapse into a pile of rust.
> 
> Then there'll be a massive panic, because, of course, no-one is planning 
> on how to replace them - and yes, that has been pointed out to them, and 
> yes, I got into trouble.
> 
Do they have as part of the specs for bids "must survive atomic bombing 
and Godzilla attacks"?  :)

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