Intel abandoned x86 because it sucks. If AMD doesn't have the market clout to do the same thing, that's understandable, but it's not something to congratulate them for.
The long boot time isn't bad. I assume on an embedded device you'd just store an already booted image on a ROM for instant on. The real problem is the huge 900k footprint. Many embedded devices run with just a fraction of that amount of RAM. I'm also not sure I'd trust Linux for an embedded system. Despite its legendary stability, something simpler and easier to verify would be preferable.
You're almost right on there, but remember, the bigger target is not X/ Motif, but Windows/ MFC. They want something ugly so us people who write for Windows will feel comfortable learning it. Once it looks like MFC, you know you've got a winner!
John Carmack was nice enough not to blame them, but I expect that our collection of hax0ring kiddiez with their '133t linux boxes is even more prevalent than on windows. Of course, I can't disagree with any of his other points when I haven't got my 3d accelerator working under Linux yet. For the amount of games I play, it just isn't worth the couple of hours it would probably take.
Intel could release the "Jesus Processor" that would save our souls and send us to heaven eternally if we just asked. Tom would say it was a cult so they could get our money, and would lead to mass suicide. Intel could release the "Olympic Processor" that ran faster, harder, higher and broke every single record. Tom would say it was just the doping. Intel could release the "World Peace Processor" that automatically altered documents from world leaders, causing world peace. Tom would say Intel was spying on everyone and abusing the information to generate massive profits. Intel could release the "3rd World Processor" that cost five cents, ran off sand, had built in voice input in every spoken language and had a holographic display built in so you wouldn't have to buy expensive peripherals. Tom would say they were trying to create a monopoly for their lousy video cards in the lucrative market of people who can't afford monitors.
I'm not saying Intel has any of this stuff; obviously they don't, but Tom's comments about Intel are neither surprising nor credible.
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Intel abandoned x86 because it sucks. If AMD doesn't have the market clout to do the same thing, that's understandable, but it's not something to congratulate them for.
The long boot time isn't bad. I assume on an embedded device you'd just store an already booted image on a ROM for instant on. The real problem is the huge 900k footprint. Many embedded devices run with just a fraction of that amount of RAM. I'm also not sure I'd trust Linux for an embedded system. Despite its legendary stability, something simpler and easier to verify would be preferable.
1. This is only Comcast@HOME, not @home in general.
2. A VPN is a different beasty than what the poster seems to think. Private LAN's with a masq or NAT box are not VPN's and are not affected by this.
3. They probably will ignore it just like they do the other things in that section unless you use gobs of bandwidth.
You're almost right on there, but remember, the bigger target is not X/ Motif, but Windows/ MFC. They want something ugly so us people who write for Windows will feel comfortable learning it. Once it looks like MFC, you know you've got a winner!
John Carmack was nice enough not to blame them, but I expect that our collection of hax0ring kiddiez with their '133t linux boxes is even more prevalent than on windows. Of course, I can't disagree with any of his other points when I haven't got my 3d accelerator working under Linux yet. For the amount of games I play, it just isn't worth the couple of hours it would probably take.
Intel could release the "Jesus Processor" that would save our souls and send us to heaven eternally if we just asked. Tom would say it was a cult so they could get our money, and would lead to mass suicide.
Intel could release the "Olympic Processor" that ran faster, harder, higher and broke every single record. Tom would say it was just the doping.
Intel could release the "World Peace Processor" that automatically altered documents from world leaders, causing world peace. Tom would say Intel was spying on everyone and abusing the information to generate massive profits.
Intel could release the "3rd World Processor" that cost five cents, ran off sand, had built in voice input in every spoken language and had a holographic display built in so you wouldn't have to buy expensive peripherals. Tom would say they were trying to create a monopoly for their lousy video cards in the lucrative market of people who can't afford monitors.
I'm not saying Intel has any of this stuff; obviously they don't, but Tom's comments about Intel are neither surprising nor credible.
When they're that big, you can be sure they aren't real. I bet if you actually looked, there's nothing under there at all.