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

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Wed Feb 11 08:21:58 2004

>>>>> "John" == John Allain <allain_at_panix.com> writes:

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

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

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

So run Linux...

It's not clear if your comparison is right when you look at floating
point arithmetic, especially vector arithmetic.

      paul
Received on Wed Feb 11 2004 - 08:21:58 GMT