[rescue] ECC [was: Re: WOT: Ebay changes to IBM from Sun E10Kservers?]

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> A memory error that would otherwise bring a system to its knees will
> simply cause an entry into an error log with ECC...turning
> unexpected downtime into scheduled downtime.

There is the problem - PCs running "popular" OSes don't have "error
logs", and the concept of scheduled down time only relates to IT-savy
business environments, which are only a small subset of the total user
base of PCs running "popular" OSes on PC hardware - the remaining user
base is made up of either home users or non-IT-savy business users.
 
>    With this "I like my stuff to work all the time" attitude, am I
> just being too intolerant?

Yes. ;^) 

=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976

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