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Once a week, I use openssl to calculate a checksum for each file; and I write that checksum, along with the path/filename, to a file. The next week, I do the same thing, and I compare (diff) the prior checksum file with the current checksum file.

With about a terabyte of data, I've not seen any bitrot yet.

Long term, I plan to move to ZFS, as the server's disk capacity will be rising significantly.

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ya need to move beyond it.

You are the problem.

So the question remains, what do you want to do to solve the problem. Technical people like to solve problems, why can't they seem to solve this one?

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And people wonder why there are not more women in the computer industry.

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When one admits defeat, one will succumb to defeat.

To me that means that the companies are being far too selective and / or not using screening methods that reflect positive employment outcomes.

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As google's selection process has shown, rejecting qualified candidates just because they do not do well on some obscure testing hurdles is not the way to find qualified candidates.

Agreed.

a.k.a what was once called a mainframe.

Thanks for giving another example of what I said.

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So, the PC revolution lasted 30 years, and now we're back to where we were in 1983.

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The first thing about having a productive conversation is to listen.

You learn more when you're not talking than when you are talking.

How many people live in China? How many people live in the US?

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A more valid comparison would be the amount of money spent per person, that removes the bias of large-populations.

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Now the software package has become the app, and is priced very cheaply.

The resulting high-volume, low-cost business model produces an audience for the app that gives ad hoc reviews via social media and other word of mouth communications.