My brother once got a call from ATT asking him to switch long distance carriers. My brother just replied, I don't use the phone. The other guy was like, You don't? My brother said, yeah I don't. Funny:)
Big deal, the article claims its going to use McKinley based Itanium processors. Which are at least 2 years away from production. Plus they are using 1300 processors, while the one in Britain only has 152 processors. Quite a bit of a difference if you ask me:)
Why does everyone want a Beowolf cluster of these things? These things are no where near a complete system that you would need for a Beowolf cluster.
Why do we need so many languages?
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Currently if you are doing Application development you have a choice of: Java, C/C++, and maybe VB. Then if you are doing scripting, you have a choice of: Perl, Ksh, Python. Do we really need another language to the mix? What does Ruby offer that someone can't do using the above languages?
You know I've wanted something like this for awhile now. If we could get MP3 playing capabilities, maybe some voice recording (for short notes, etc), and wireless email I'd be in heaven!
Its all about how fast the system can service request and not how fast a single app runs. My Ultra10 at work is very responsive even under heavy load (Loads of > 1.0). Plus Sun machines are very balanced. You don't have the CPU waiting for the memory, disk, etc. Unlike PC's today where the CPU's are fast, but are hindered by ATA disks, high latency caches and memory
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I'd imagine that the birds would eventually figure out that they can just glide and not have to flap their wings? I mean isn't that what airplanes do?
My brother once got a call from ATT asking him to switch long distance carriers. My brother just replied, I don't use the phone. The other guy was like, You don't? My brother said, yeah I don't. Funny :)
Does it use the IBM 75GXP drives? It may have fast CPUs but if the drives die after a week, who cares :)
It all comes down to Software, and Solaris beats AIX hands down in that department...
Yeah right, you know deep down inside when a Nsync song comes on the radio, you're singing and dancing just like the little 14 year old girls!
Or if you're lukcy like me, you'll get a nice corner window office: http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~ajiva/work.html
Big deal, the article claims its going to use McKinley based Itanium processors. Which are at least 2 years away from production. Plus they are using 1300 processors, while the one in Britain only has 152 processors. Quite a bit of a difference if you ask me :)
So all we need to do is keep them fighting long enough for an OpenSource alternative to gain strength. Its war after all :)
Why does everyone want a Beowolf cluster of these things? These things are no where near a complete system that you would need for a Beowolf cluster.
Currently if you are doing Application development you have a choice of: Java, C/C++, and maybe VB. Then if you are doing scripting, you have a choice of: Perl, Ksh, Python. Do we really need another language to the mix? What does Ruby offer that someone can't do using the above languages?
You know I've wanted something like this for awhile now. If we could get MP3 playing capabilities, maybe some voice recording (for short notes, etc), and wireless email I'd be in heaven!
Its all about how fast the system can service request and not how fast a single app runs. My Ultra10 at work is very responsive even under heavy load (Loads of > 1.0). Plus Sun machines are very balanced. You don't have the CPU waiting for the memory, disk, etc. Unlike PC's today where the CPU's are fast, but are hindered by ATA disks, high latency caches and memory