Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by Its Own Navy

Re:Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by Its Own ... by da_chicken on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:48PM (#19099767)

> This is really an indictment of M$

No, it really isn't. For two decades all across the world people have kept Outlook running well enough to function in all sorts of scenarios, including those more difficult than a military ship at sea.

It's not like Thunderbird and Alpine are magically immune to having corrupted data stores and invalid configurations. This is entirely due to lack of proper maintenance.

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Re:Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by Its Own ... by patrickg_zill on Thursday February 07, 2019 @12:02AM (#19103128)

There are phone switches that were made in 1982 that are still running phone service, including 911 calling, for mid-sized towns.

And yes, postfix or Exim or qmail, once set up, in a fixed configuration like boat only email, could easily run for decades automatically.

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