Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Allodoxaphobia Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Contents of file changed while application is reading it Date: 5 Mar 2023 13:48:37 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <5q8vcjxgqm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <9TPLL.243396$Ldj8.162746@fx47.iad> <0TVML.172384$b7Kc.85981@fx39.iad> X-Trace: individual.net cXv6nQ7bGrGA57I38/dNVwtYj7v8IZu/uauPzCK4Vchc2kV163 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Jow+LOULzGdimbpe0FpYHrCou8o= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:37424 On Sun, 05 Mar 2023 05:35:56 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > > Microsoft's greatest crime against humanity is that they > have lowered users' standards so far as to wean them off > reliability. "Re-boot, re-format, re-install" is now the > Way of the Universe in the minds of most users, and they'll > meekly shrug their shoulders and accept the massive drain > on their time (and wallets) - as long as the screens are > pretty. I've heard this described as "trout management": > dangle something shiny with a hook in it in front of them > and they'll strike every time. Microsoft LONG AGO gave up any focus on fault-tolerant systems. Their main focus now is on fault-tolerant customers. Jonesy -- When I wrote this code, only God and I understood what it did. Now... only God knows.