New graphics cards are going to pop up like crazy this year; ATI's Rage 128, TNT class TNT2, TNT+ class VooDoo3 2000, TNT+ class VooDoo3 3000, SLI class VooDoo3 3500, SLI+ class VooDoo3 4000, VooDoo2 killer S3 Savage4, TNT class 3dLabs Permedia3, TNT class And probably others from Trident, Matrox, etc. I don't see any VooDoo3s other than 2000 taking off really big, as most people don't need/want more performance/cost than that.
I said Linux was only slightly tougher to install; only slightly, and for those who don't know their systems inside and out. For people who don't know their modem speeds, the name of their video chipsets, irq settings and the number of PCI slots they actually have onboard, etc...
Of course, I will admit that I have installed NT machines several times, and Linux only twice, and that 3 years ago before the introduction of RedHat. Slackware had the honor of deflowering me =), so I accede to your correction that RedHat's install is easy.
I've ordered a handful of CDs from Cheapbytes to test out how Linux has changed and improved since my last install. AS
I know; I use NT right now, contemplating which Linux Distro as soon as Spring Break rolls around...
About the only thing NT does better than Linux is Netscape... everyone around me keeps on crashing their systems with Netscape...
Regardless, if you really want to help your company with a stable, reliable, robust, and high performance network and server, go out and LEARN Linux, quick. It doesn't take more effort than learning how to administer NT... And the rewards are much higher. Sure, its tougher to install, but only slightly...
For all the problems and reliability failures of NT, said creampuff network is essentially a big money sink, compared to Linux, with all the per client per set money comparisons...
NT is a big fat resource hog, good for personal use if you have to do minor graphics and multi-media, and even then Be is quickly going to catch up, and Macs are still better, okay for minor networking, ie client wise, and only really useful because of the inertia for the desktop provided by M$. For networking, Linux really is the way. AS
Coming from the US, what Brin says makes a lot of sense-we live in a society in which any waiter can get to our credit cards, every business can find out about our credit histories, purchases, and transactions, and most activities can be logged on the internet, as well as other 'invasions' of privacy. Yet we accept this, because its convenient, for the most part, and we trust, because it is reciprocal, though more openness from the big business/government side wouldn't hurt.
How about those in other countries? What is the issue of transparency and privacy? There is a sense of freedom in believing the waiter won't steal your credit card, or that the car to your left at a 4-way stop will stop, and let you pass, because you're there first. Of course it isn't perfect, but I take it for granted sometimes how much trust is built into the system.
So at a certain level, before mainstream acceptance, programs like this will be seen as a try before you buy type scenario... "I've heard all these neat things about Linux, but I still need to use WinNT for my daily operations..." This user then has the chance to try out Linux as painlessly as possible, if VMWare isn't a hoax, because Linux will just be another program on an NT machine. The user will then come to realize that Linux is stable and can do most of what is needed, and switch accordingly.
However, a dearth of applications will prevent people from trying, not just using, Linux, so this program fulfills some of that loss. VMWare is going to help Linux just through sheer exposure.
The problem I see is that if Linux takes more resources while under NT because of overhead, it's much vaunted stability and resource thriftiness may be lost. We shall see.
Ummm Isn't that description of a "super-fast RISC core with legacy IA-32 instructions set emulated in microcode" something similar to a Dec Alpha 21264 running at 500MHz and FX!32 or something?
Maybe its just 'or something'... I do like Dec Alpha's style however, so I won't criticize you on that, but it isn't a waste to do spec-execution and branch pred, if it can get a greater than 50% success ratio... It really does speed up the CPU if a guess is correct.
Nice to see Intel get bogged by delays and screwups, however, as it gives AMD, PowerPC, and Digital Alpha room to shove and fight...
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Silly.
Then you would wait forever!
New graphics cards are going to pop up like crazy this year;
ATI's Rage 128, TNT class
TNT2, TNT+ class
VooDoo3 2000, TNT+ class
VooDoo3 3000, SLI class
VooDoo3 3500, SLI+ class
VooDoo3 4000, VooDoo2 killer
S3 Savage4, TNT class
3dLabs Permedia3, TNT class
And probably others from Trident, Matrox, etc.
I don't see any VooDoo3s other than 2000 taking off really big, as most people don't need/want more performance/cost than that.
AS
I said Linux was only slightly tougher to install; only slightly, and for those who don't know their systems inside and out. For people who don't know their modem speeds, the name of their video chipsets, irq settings and the number of PCI slots they actually have onboard, etc...
Of course, I will admit that I have installed NT machines several times, and Linux only twice, and that 3 years ago before the introduction of RedHat. Slackware had the honor of deflowering me =), so I accede to your correction that RedHat's install is easy.
I've ordered a handful of CDs from Cheapbytes to test out how Linux has changed and improved since my last install.
AS
I know; I use NT right now, contemplating which Linux Distro as soon as Spring Break rolls around...
About the only thing NT does better than Linux is Netscape... everyone around me keeps on crashing their systems with Netscape...
Regardless, if you really want to help your company with a stable, reliable, robust, and high performance network and server, go out and LEARN Linux, quick. It doesn't take more effort than learning how to administer NT... And the rewards are much higher. Sure, its tougher to install, but only slightly...
For all the problems and reliability failures of NT, said creampuff network is essentially a big money sink, compared to Linux, with all the per client per set money comparisons...
NT is a big fat resource hog, good for personal use if you have to do minor graphics and multi-media, and even then Be is quickly going to catch up, and Macs are still better, okay for minor networking, ie client wise, and only really useful because of the inertia for the desktop provided by M$. For networking, Linux really is the way.
AS
Coming from the US, what Brin says makes a lot of sense-we live in a society in which any waiter can get to our credit cards, every business can find out about our credit histories, purchases, and transactions, and most activities can be logged on the internet, as well as other 'invasions' of privacy. Yet we accept this, because its convenient, for the most part, and we trust, because it is reciprocal, though more openness from the big business/government side wouldn't hurt.
How about those in other countries? What is the issue of transparency and privacy? There is a sense of freedom in believing the waiter won't steal your credit card, or that the car to your left at a 4-way stop will stop, and let you pass, because you're there first. Of course it isn't perfect, but I take it for granted sometimes how much trust is built into the system.
Am I just babbling about inconsequential things?
AS
So at a certain level, before mainstream acceptance, programs like this will be seen as a try before you buy type scenario...
"I've heard all these neat things about Linux, but I still need to use WinNT for my daily operations..."
This user then has the chance to try out Linux as painlessly as possible, if VMWare isn't a hoax, because Linux will just be another program on an NT machine. The user will then come to realize that Linux is stable and can do most of what is needed, and switch accordingly.
However, a dearth of applications will prevent people from trying, not just using, Linux, so this program fulfills some of that loss. VMWare is going to help Linux just through sheer exposure.
The problem I see is that if Linux takes more resources while under NT because of overhead, it's much vaunted stability and resource thriftiness may be lost. We shall see.
AS =)
Ummm
Isn't that description of a "super-fast RISC core with legacy IA-32 instructions set emulated in microcode" something similar to a Dec Alpha 21264 running at 500MHz and FX!32 or something?
Maybe its just 'or something'...
I do like Dec Alpha's style however, so I won't criticize you on that, but it isn't a waste to do spec-execution and branch pred, if it can get a greater than 50% success ratio... It really does speed up the CPU if a guess is correct.
Nice to see Intel get bogged by delays and screwups, however, as it gives AMD, PowerPC, and Digital Alpha room to shove and fight...
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