RE: db corruption

From: Kevin Closson <kevinc_at_polyserve.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:34:50 -0700
Message-ID: <5D2570CAFC98974F9B6A759D1C74BAD0E5ACE8@ex2.ms.polyserve.com>

>>>This reminds me of the days when we were on Dynix/ptx and
>>>found a really obscure bug in the kernel's filesystem layer
>>>that caused archive log corruption. That was a fun
>>>one....days on end on the phone w/ Oracle kernel developers
>>>and Dynix/ptx kernel engineers. Oh yeah, that was fun.....

...no it wasn't, 'cause I was one of the guys on the Dynix/ptx side :-(

bugs are no fun... on the other hand, contrast bugs in that era with bugs today... they were not begat of horrendous architecture...they were bugs, pure and simple..more like Grace Hopper's bug
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96566k.jpg) than the miscarriages today's 420lb Java programs pack around in ASM....

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