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bombcar 26 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what ...

If I were a trillionaire I'd buy Apple and Microsoft and force all their engineers to use spinning rust on everything.

No SSDs would be allowed anywhere except in the "does going fast break it" test room.

Anyone above VP would be required to have 5400 RPM rust.

edg5000 26 days ago [–]

Imagine that. There would be a company wide "max one reboot per year", planned well ahead (during vacation periods) since it would mean people can't work for days on end. Haha.

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