this seems like a really cool system but i wonder why sun isn't marketing this or anything similar as pcs. i as well as many others out there would really love to have a sparc especially at these kinds of prices, but i have never seen them marketed as pcs, from sun or anybody. i think most people are tried of x86 and many are starting to look to sparcs and powerpc's (i have a feeling x86 will max out in a few years and alternatives like sparcs will still be growing just as fast as always).i am sure they would probably need more support from the linux and windows communities but i do not see why it wouldn't be successful. how old is the x86 architecture anyway, i am pretty sure its well over a decade old.
is there really any point to have this project. even if we find intelligent life (and i am willing to bet that the odds are a LITTLE against us) how are we going to respond or communicate if they are 150 light-years away. by now they probably have forgotten that they have sent the message. maybe we should work on traveling these kinds of distances in space first.
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this seems like a really cool system but i wonder why sun isn't marketing this or anything similar as pcs. i as well as many others out there would really love to have a sparc especially at these kinds of prices, but i have never seen them marketed as pcs, from sun or anybody. i think most people are tried of x86 and many are starting to look to sparcs and powerpc's (i have a feeling x86 will max out in a few years and alternatives like sparcs will still be growing just as fast as always).i am sure they would probably need more support from the linux and windows communities but i do not see why it wouldn't be successful. how old is the x86 architecture anyway, i am pretty sure its well over a decade old.
is there really any point to have this project. even if we find intelligent life (and i am willing to bet that the odds are a LITTLE against us) how are we going to respond or communicate if they are 150 light-years away. by now they probably have forgotten that they have sent the message. maybe we should work on traveling these kinds of distances in space first.