What will they do about the current problem with getting a debian maintainer? - AFAIK they had big problems because there are too many people who want to become debian maintainers.
The question which has to be answered is, if these statistics are including or excluding graphics. If you have graphics on your html page you'll have much more hpms as you would have otherwise. If you have 5.gif files on your page you'll have 4hpm * 6 = 24hpms. This is much more significant for P-166.
Normally processor power isn't a real issue if you have no perl scripts or other dynamic content. (perl needs about 12 seconds to load on my i486)
Bandwidth is much more critical at most server locations. (Yes, I know there are fibers out there;-))) )
As I have seen till now, the processor industry seems to change because Linux (and other free Operating Systems) make it possible for customers to use other microprocessors.
But which one should someone use? I, for example, really hate using these Intel or AMD chips at the moment because they are x86 compatible (the problems with x86 have been discussed often enough yet).
Yes, you're right. Alpha Microprocessors are a high-performance way to go, but they are really expensive.
The only things which are _really_ interesting are the StrongARM (from intel/digital) and the PowerPC Open Platform developed by IBM.
StrongARM seems to be dropped by Intel because you don't hear anything at the moment. On the other side, Netwinder's seem to sell well. I don't know what to think about that.
IBM's PowerPC Open Platform hasn't launched yet and the website is rather small at the moment, but it looks interesting. Is it possible to escape from these old x86 times?
If I would have to decide which platform to buy at the moment, I wouldn't be able to buy anything, because I simply don't know. All these interesting and good platforms seem to die in the future if there is not enough support by the customers. - Most user I know buy x86 chips because they simply "work". (They buy AMD if they don't like intel; It's a step in the wrong direction, I think. The decision is not AMD or intel; the decision is x86-arm-powerpc-alpha-sparc.)
Can we say how many people are working/using a software if we only know how many are subscribed to the mailing lists??
If you're using a software and you find a bug or make an improvement you don't have to subscribe yourself to a mailing list. You get the source, patch it, and send the modifications back to the authors.
If you're using a software you also don't subscribe to the mailing list if you got it with your distribution.
In my opinion these statistics are just _useless_.
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When will potato be released and what has to be done until then? - There seem to be some bigger problems with that.
Why was he not informed and announced a release date which they had to correct. (Current release date is in mid January)
What will they do about the current problem with getting a debian maintainer? - AFAIK they had big problems because there are too many people who want to become debian maintainers.
The question which has to be answered is, if these statistics are including or excluding graphics. If you have graphics on your html page you'll have much more hpms as you would have otherwise. If you have 5 .gif files on your page you'll have 4hpm * 6 = 24hpms. This is much more significant for P-166.
;-))) )
Normally processor power isn't a real issue if you have no perl scripts or other dynamic content. (perl needs about 12 seconds to load on my i486)
Bandwidth is much more critical at most server locations. (Yes, I know there are fibers out there
I love this book. Maybe it's too good. Why? You'll read it from cover to cover in a few hours. You can't stop. It's impossible.
:-)))
This book will not get a must-have-book for CS students or something like that, but it's fun to read through it.
After I have read through it 2 times I'll now wait for a 2nd Edition. Illiad, we are waiting for it
IBM gives you 5 years warrenty, don't they? If you take two of them, RAID-0 them and wait until they burn, you go to IBM and get your new one :-)
As I have seen till now, the processor industry seems to change because Linux (and other free Operating Systems) make it possible for customers to use other microprocessors.
But which one should someone use? I, for example, really hate using these Intel or AMD chips at the moment because they are x86 compatible (the problems with x86 have been discussed often enough yet).
Yes, you're right. Alpha Microprocessors are a high-performance way to go, but they are really expensive.
The only things which are _really_ interesting are the StrongARM (from intel/digital) and the PowerPC Open Platform developed by IBM.
StrongARM seems to be dropped by Intel because you don't hear anything at the moment. On the other side, Netwinder's seem to sell well. I don't know what to think about that.
IBM's PowerPC Open Platform hasn't launched yet and the website is rather small at the moment, but it looks interesting. Is it possible to escape from these old x86 times?
If I would have to decide which platform to buy at the moment, I wouldn't be able to buy anything, because I simply don't know. All these interesting and good platforms seem to die in the future if there is not enough support by the customers. - Most user I know buy x86 chips because they simply "work". (They buy AMD if they don't like intel; It's a step in the wrong direction, I think. The decision is not AMD or intel; the decision is x86-arm-powerpc-alpha-sparc.)
Maybe someone is interested in discussing that.
Can we say how many people are working/using a software if we only know how many are subscribed to the mailing lists??
If you're using a software and you find a bug or make an improvement you don't have to subscribe yourself to a mailing list. You get the source, patch it, and send the modifications back to the authors.
If you're using a software you also don't subscribe to the mailing list if you got it with your distribution.
In my opinion these statistics are just _useless_.
Am I missing something?