What a blast from the past. That really struck a chord with me from the days when Gmail was "Caribou" and I argued endlessly with Paul that I wouldn't leave Outlook for any system that didn't include folders... until Outlook crashed on me without warning and deleted all my mail because I had exceeded its maximum capacity. At that point folders seemed less important, though he did ultimately allow for "labels."
I used to be so careful with my Lotus Notes back end email file size. I did the same with Outlook in a later job. The worst file size issues were with the database .mdf files. The logs could be even worse. We had a tape file size limit for backup. Not that the tapes reliably worked when database files got corrupted. I used to do so much mindless work in SAS just because the files could be smaller with the same data.
Great post, thanks. I was a writer at Google then, and this small-team approach to solving problems was very typical. A lovely way to work and (as this story shows) a powerful way to make progress.
What a blast from the past. That really struck a chord with me from the days when Gmail was "Caribou" and I argued endlessly with Paul that I wouldn't leave Outlook for any system that didn't include folders... until Outlook crashed on me without warning and deleted all my mail because I had exceeded its maximum capacity. At that point folders seemed less important, though he did ultimately allow for "labels."
I used to be so careful with my Lotus Notes back end email file size. I did the same with Outlook in a later job. The worst file size issues were with the database .mdf files. The logs could be even worse. We had a tape file size limit for backup. Not that the tapes reliably worked when database files got corrupted. I used to do so much mindless work in SAS just because the files could be smaller with the same data.
I forgot how much I despise SAS.
Very cool, never knew this!
Interesting and super insightful. Thanks Elizabeth for this great share.
Great post, thanks. I was a writer at Google then, and this small-team approach to solving problems was very typical. A lovely way to work and (as this story shows) a powerful way to make progress.