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Re:What do Unix command names stand for? by paulie_a on Friday June 15, 2018 @10:34PM (#17325484)
Which is funny on a different note because ibm had the deskstar hard drives better known as the deathstar drive
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Re:What do Unix command names stand for? by 0xcde4c3db on Saturday June 16, 2018 @11:58AM (#17327898)
I'm pretty sure that was coined specifically in reference to the Deskstar 75GXP series, not Deskstar drives in general. The Deskstar brand name is actually still used by HGST for its NAS drives, which seem to be reasonably well-regarded for their intended applications.
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