Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available

Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by throwaway2037 on Sunday October 05, 2025 @07:43PM (#45486261)

    > Korea is great at a lot of engineering disciplines. Sadly, software is not one of them

I disagree. People say the same about Japan and Taiwan (and Germany). IMHO, they are overlooking the incredible talents in embedded programming. Think of all of the electronics (including automobiles) produced in those countries.

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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by justinclift on Monday October 06, 2025 @12:36AM (#45487669)

Embedded electronics, including from those countries, does not have an enviable reputation. :(

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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by throwaway2037 on Monday October 06, 2025 @11:42AM (#45492584)

What about automobiles from Japan, Korea, and Germany? They are world class. All modern cars must have millions of lines of code to run all kinds of embedded electronics. Do I misunderstand?

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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by justinclift on Monday October 06, 2025 @12:31PM (#45493133)

Yet people complain about their many software and UI issues all the time.

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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by alephnerd on Monday October 06, 2025 @12:52PM (#45493355)

Good point! I wasn't treat that as "software" in my answer but it's true that their embedded programming scene is fairly strong.

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