Norton Go Home (Revisited)

[Dan Bernstein]

In article <1991Apr16.182050.2028 at odin.corp.sgi.com> rhartman at thestepchild.sgi.com (Robert Hartman) writes:
> My main point had to do with the recognition that any persistent
> condition that allows users to lose important data is either an
> implementation bug or a flaw in the design.
  [ ... ]
> IMNSHO, there are a lot of very brilliant
> people out there with blinders on when it comes to this particular
> point.  I honestly don't understand why that is.

Probably because nobody knows how to make the system distinguish between
important data and unimportant data. The only hardware that can satisfy
your requirements---i.e., that does not let users lose data---is a WORM.

---Dan