I got to work on part of this system, which IBM calls Autobench, for my senior project at PSU. The system is a highly configurable framework which can download, compile, and run various benchmarks and profilers (for example while compiling a kernel). Its all centrally administered, so IBM can run a battery of tests on a variety of different machines at once.
I think Martin Bligh said that IBM has been using this for a while now, automatically downloading kernels upon release and testing them. The new thing is the regression matrix which is posted to the web. Very cool.
It would be cool if this device is able to send dtmf signals in order to make it through the first few levels of voice-mail hell. (Many companies these days don't even bother with the "stay on the line to talk to an operator" option!) From the article its not clear if it can do this. I'm guessing not, though the cellular module probably has the capability to generate the tones...
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I got to work on part of this system, which IBM calls Autobench, for my senior project at PSU. The system is a highly configurable framework which can download, compile, and run various benchmarks and profilers (for example while compiling a kernel). Its all centrally administered, so IBM can run a battery of tests on a variety of different machines at once.
I think Martin Bligh said that IBM has been using this for a while now, automatically downloading kernels upon release and testing them. The new thing is the regression matrix which is posted to the web. Very cool.
It would be cool if this device is able to send dtmf signals in order to make it through the first few levels of voice-mail hell. (Many companies these days don't even bother with the "stay on the line to talk to an operator" option!) From the article its not clear if it can do this. I'm guessing not, though the cellular module probably has the capability to generate the tones...
$100 to replace the *melted* keyboard. note to self: never remove nail polish near a computer.
Actually, I was surprised to discover that Tanenbaum's Modern Operating Systems 2nd Ed. has an entire chapter devoted to Windows 2000.