>> I think the "real" difference between a desktop and a server is 
>> probably fault-tolerance. 
> 
> Yep. And when downtime starts costing you thousands of dollars per 
> second, you start doing things like having two independent entirely 
> separate power companies supplying the power to your building, along 
> with several independent ways of getting to your networks, including 
> both satellite and land lines, as well as several leased lines 
> guaranteed not to be in physical proximity and terminated in different 
> states.
> 
> Now, maybe a large bomb in the building or an airliner crashing into it 
> would have taken it out, so they're probably behind the times compared 
> to (say) google, but it was pretty impressive for 20 years ago.

Fortunately, my employer does not need to go to such lengths. ;-)

Dealing with *one* ISP is quite hard enough... (And then there's the 
fact that in the UK there is only one IP carrier. Unless you happen to 
live in London.)

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