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Re:Tell HN: Rackspace apparently lost some storage volumes by neom on Saturday October 17, 2020 @02:59PM (#24812268)
Finance department meeting:

MBA1: So we've figured out that we make a lot of money from people just being too lazy to delete a server.

CFO: Great, how do we make it even harder to delete a server?

MBA2: We could remove the delete button.....

MBA1: I don't think that's a very good idea

CFO: Then how will they delete servers?

MBA2: Fax us!

CFO: Brilliant, I'll tell an engineer to develop the web code.

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Re:Tell HN: Rackspace apparently lost some storage volumes by born_a_skeptic on Saturday October 17, 2020 @03:37PM (#24812537)
How often do you think this type conversation happens?
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Re:Tell HN: Rackspace apparently lost some storage volumes by dkdk8283 on Saturday October 17, 2020 @03:48PM (#24812635)
I worked in a industry comparable to RS and we pretty much used same tactics but the call came from the CTO.
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Re:Tell HN: Rackspace apparently lost some storage volumes by nitrogen on Saturday October 17, 2020 @05:09PM (#24813394)
Often. I heard something similar in an ecommerce/digital subscription context.
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