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A comment on The Therac-25 Incident. Parent comment

Re:The Therac-25 Incident by I_dream_of_Geni on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @04:36PM (#45120124)
To be fair, reps don't really know anything deep about their product. They just parrot what they are told (or they wing it, which, i guess, can be lying). They are pushed to sell, and they will say anything to sell.
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Re:The Therac-25 Incident by snerbles on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @12:12PM (#45184117)
Their competitor (and our preferred vendor at the time) was always forthright with us about the capabilities of their lasers.
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