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

From: J.C. Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Tue Feb 10 23:22:32 2004

John Allain wrote:

>>That is exactly why I *still* run critical or security-sensitive
>>stuff on such platforms. It leaves those kiddies with a severe
>>headache. :)
>>
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>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.
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>
>
I think your understanding of operating systems and PC architecture is
flawed. It sounds like typical knee-jerk MS bashing.

    --jc
Received on Tue Feb 10 2004 - 23:22:32 GMT