Okay, I'll be the first to say I've never really liked little Billy Gates and his strangehold on the O/S market... but I like hellnet less.
AOL seems to be buying up everyone and if they include AOL 8.0 (or whatever they are up to now) with a copy of an Operating System (I have a feeling they are going to work Red Hat until it's as simple as most windows apps) a lot of people aren't going to argue. Linux has raised a lot of eyebrows and to use it with full blessings of a company like AOL, might make another monopoly. I hate their browser, why would I want my operating system in their hands? The privacy concern issues are also too many to mention.
Being part of the corporate machine isn't what Linux was based on!
I think the only reason Intel is upset is because VIA jumped the gun before they themselves could stand before the adulation of their peers and say "We are lowering our prices, aren't we swell?".
RIMMS (PC-800) are quick, but by all accounts, the bus isn't quite able to handle all it's capabilities yet. So, you're payin' premium prices for mid-grade performance. DDR is pretty cheap (I've found it $50.00 for 256 Megs)and would provide pretty good performance.
But...You watch... I'm betting that Intel will release the DDR option for their latest "Celeron" line.
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Okay, I'll be the first to say I've never really liked little Billy Gates and his strangehold on the O/S market... but I like hellnet less.
AOL seems to be buying up everyone and if they include AOL 8.0 (or whatever they are up to now) with a copy of an Operating System (I have a feeling they are going to work Red Hat until it's as simple as most windows apps) a lot of people aren't going to argue. Linux has raised a lot of eyebrows and to use it with full blessings of a company like AOL, might make another monopoly. I hate their browser, why would I want my operating system in their hands? The privacy concern issues are also too many to mention.
Being part of the corporate machine isn't what Linux was based on!
I think the only reason Intel is upset is because VIA jumped the gun before they themselves could stand before the adulation of their peers and say "We are lowering our prices, aren't we swell?".
RIMMS (PC-800) are quick, but by all accounts, the bus isn't quite able to handle all it's capabilities yet. So, you're payin' premium prices for mid-grade performance. DDR is pretty cheap (I've found it $50.00 for 256 Megs)and would provide pretty good performance.
But...You watch... I'm betting that Intel will release the DDR option for their latest "Celeron" line.
Hey, the more popularity Linux gains, the less we have to worry about Windows maintaining a stranglehold on the market. Go Hollywood!