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In article <18361@ut-emx.UUCP> osmigo@emx.UUCP (Ron Morgan) writes:
>[David Cortesi says the right question is, "what is the MOST RELIABLE HD?"]
>
>Well, jeez, anybody want to answer that? Let's put it this way: suppose
>your LIFE depended on your hard disk functioning properly. If the hard
>disk fails, you DIE! Ok, what off-the-shelf, standard-brand hard disk
>would you choose?

I think we are all suffering from a case of anecdotal evidence covering up
the bigger picture, here.  If I were to answer the above question, I would
inevitably pick the name of some manufacturee that I have heard very LITTLE
about.  We have all heard bad things about the major (read: financially
stable (sometimes), widely selling) manufacturers.

I would like to suggest that we need some UNBIASED statistics gathering.  You
know, like "if your telephone number ends with the number 4, reply to this
survey", with the survey having greppable keywording for automated collection,
...

I don't have the time available to bite on administering any kind of survey
right now, but I'm sure somebody does.

BTW, I believe that the above question is valid, but I think we may mislead
ourselves if we listen to the raw answers.  On the other hand, I'm sure a lot
of people still avoid DC-10s when they fly!
-- 
Rich Straka     att!ihlpf!straka

MSDOS: All the wonderfully arcane syntax of UNIX(R), but without the power.