On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 05:05:19PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > > > If you check usb flash stick packaging, it may say guaranteed for a > > > 1000 writes which is marketing crypto speech for, sectors may fail after > > > 1000 writes. > > > > cut the crap. take a random usb stick and don't mail misc until it > > fails due to exceeded write cycles. we'll never again hear form you in > > life. > > > > Probably is crap, but I didn't say it would, I meant the manufacturers > atleast in the early days (128Mb), didn't believe it to be as reliable > for many writes as hard disk sectors or else why would they bother > covering themselves, of course there's no heads to crash which maybe > one of the few reasons for raid. > > I was quite shocked, at the packaging at the time.
Because corporations are run by lawyers who need to feel important and therefore latch on to one issue during the development cycle. Lawyers in other companies simply imitate. Welcome to corporate america.
