Yay - new DEC arrival (not *strictly* on topic. Or is it?)

From: John Allain <allain_at_panix.com>
Date: Tue Feb 10 20:05:58 2004

> That is exactly why I *still* run critical or security-sensitive
> stuff on such platforms. It leaves those kiddies with a severe
> headache. :)

At last! A motivation behind all this. I was beginning to wonder.

I saw a digital animation festival last night and was thinking of
getting a new compute server. By my calculations a midsized
PC passed even the CRAY-1 in compute speed sometime in 2002,
give or take a year. It probably would require a stripped down O/S
to do the computing. MS must take out at least 3/4 of the machine
power.

John A.
Received on Tue Feb 10 2004 - 20:05:58 GMT