Well, hardware failures will always happen, so we can factor them out of the discussion... <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

But databases can certainly get corrupted without hardware failure and I wouldn't be surprised to find there's a long list of known bugs for this ancient forum. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Anyway, if we blame Micro$oft, perhaps the Bill and Melinda Foundation would give Doug several million dollars to make up for it.
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