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Hardware Headaches Inevitable?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hardware-is-always-a-headache dept.

JaneWalker6847 writes "Don Becker, co-founder of the Beowulf project, describes the inevitability of hardware administration headaches and warns users not to expect a silver bullet to solve these problems." From the article: "We're about to see another revolution, which is in network adapters -- that we [will] talk directly to [them] from application level. That's a massive change in how you interface with them. And that brings about a new round of device drivers completely unlike the device drivers we had 10 years ago. So, that part of the world isn't going to stabilize anytime soon."

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  1. Re:Direct from the application? by Forge · · Score: 2, Funny

    TFA gave no indication that Don thoght it wise or even knows why it is being done.

    He just stated what is. "My boss now insists that we all wear a tie to work. In a call center."

    Same tone.

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  2. Re:revolution indeed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you are so right!

    640KB oughta be enough for everybody!

    grtz HillBilly

  3. What really worries me by Moraelin · · Score: 4, Funny

    What really worries me are the metaphors mixed in the same sentence in the summary. So we should expect headaches, but not a silver bullet to solve them? I'm just having a mild headache at the moment, and just the thought of curing it with a bullet seems... somehow not that tempting ;)

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