[ntp:questions] Re: Cannot synchronize to server with local clock
Danny Mayer
mayer at gis.net
Thu Jul 21 02:42:23 UTC 2005
Tim wrote:
> I really don't know why they put such shoddy clocks in PCs, it's not as if
> good digital clock circuitry is hard to do, nor prohibitively expensive.
> We've had some damn good, and cheap, electronic wristwatches for a few
> decades, by now.
>
Wristwatches are sold to tell the time. PC's are not. PC's are a very
cutthroat low-margin business these days, so they'll buy the cheapest
that they can buy, it's not the most important part of the system.
Danny
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