How about a response to the criticisms of the fairness of the test? Or are they still sticking with the 'Enterprises wouldn't apply 21 little patches' whining?
I was surprised by Slashdot asking me if I had meta-moderated today... I haven't moderated in quite some time (mainly because I haven't posted any comments in a while). I figured, why not? So I went through the 10 comments, meta-moderating my heart out... Submitted it, and was presented with a page saying I wasn't eligible to meta-moderate... What's up with that? Slashdot is still asking me if I've meta-moderated today... but I don't want to spend the time again if I'll just get denied. Is it me? Do I smell bad or something?:)
Sorry to quibble, but they DO mention OpenGL under the requirements. Granted, it's on the same line as Glide, but they DO mention it.
So I can't see fault in this. And you HAVE to expect them to want Glide experience. Even if they decided to go whole hog OpenGL (right) Glide still exists out there in both Win and Linux worlds.. and needs to be supported.
It seems that a lot of good things have been happening. I wonder if this will be something one tells the grandkids, like the Berlin Wall coming down. (And getting the same blank stares of non-comprehension:) )
I am still wary of the Government fighting this into submission... but I still hope it holds...
I disagree that it's admitting defeat. While advances in userland NFS MIGHT be of benefit to other protocols... the performance of those other protocols cannot show that NFS userland can be good performance-wise. The NFS protocol really was designed with kernel integration in mind. And it imposes some restrictions that really cause performance problems for user implementations. I think kernel NFS is good also because it allows NFS to share the buffering that the kernel provides normally.
Overall, I do feel linux is very weak on NFS. It gets hit from too many directions. Being NFSv2 and userland exacerbate problems of NFS itself and problems with it being a "young" implementation.
But, I do have hope. And I think it will get there soon. Now that linux is being seriously thought of as a server I think NFS will be pushed along.
Before Compaq bought out digital that wasn't necessarily true. Altavista was originally a showcase for Alpha and the Altavista technology. So in a way, it's always been advertising... but it was advertising for digital.
I'm not thrilled with this new development though. Guess me moving my searches to google was well timed.
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How about a response to the criticisms of the fairness of the test? Or are they still sticking with the 'Enterprises wouldn't apply 21 little patches' whining?
I was surprised by Slashdot asking me if I had meta-moderated today... I haven't moderated in quite some time (mainly because I haven't posted any comments in a while). I figured, why not? So I went through the 10 comments, meta-moderating my heart out... Submitted it, and was presented with a page saying I wasn't eligible to meta-moderate... What's up with that? Slashdot is still asking me if I've meta-moderated today... but I don't want to spend the time again if I'll just get denied. Is it me? Do I smell bad or something? :)
Sorry to quibble, but they DO mention OpenGL under the requirements. Granted, it's on the same line as Glide, but they DO mention it.
So I can't see fault in this. And you HAVE to expect them to want Glide experience. Even if they decided to go whole hog OpenGL (right) Glide still exists out there in both Win and Linux worlds.. and needs to be supported.
It seems that a lot of good things have been happening. I wonder if this will be something one tells the grandkids, like the Berlin Wall coming down. (And getting the same blank stares of non-comprehension :) )
I am still wary of the Government fighting this into submission... but I still hope it holds...
I disagree that it's admitting defeat. While advances in userland NFS MIGHT be of benefit to other protocols... the performance of those other protocols cannot show that NFS userland can be good performance-wise. The NFS protocol really was designed with kernel integration in mind. And it imposes some restrictions that really cause performance problems for user implementations. I think kernel NFS is good also because it allows NFS to share the buffering that the kernel provides normally.
Overall, I do feel linux is very weak on NFS. It gets hit from too many directions. Being NFSv2 and userland exacerbate problems of NFS itself and problems with it being a "young" implementation.
But, I do have hope. And I think it will get there soon. Now that linux is being seriously thought of as a server I think NFS will be pushed along.
I bought a semi-related book for a friend that
:)
was like 101 business failures. It talked about
products that just didn't make it and why.
And yes... New Coke was listed as one of them
Before Compaq bought out digital that wasn't
necessarily true. Altavista was originally
a showcase for Alpha and the Altavista technology.
So in a way, it's always been advertising... but
it was advertising for digital.
I'm not thrilled with this new development though.
Guess me moving my searches to google was well
timed.