Actually, it runs on 54 architectures. It's one of the most portable operating systems I've ever had the pleasure of using. And it makes me happy to know that I can bounce between a 486, athlon xp, sparcbook, and a g4 without changing my OS.
According to the article (which is really just a message board post), it's any that are purchased from today on, and it extends to six months after purchase. This is a major step forward for consumers, as it will save a lot of money for those of us who can't deal with the blemish of a couple dead pixels.
So, who's in favor of starting a paypal account for people to donate to so the geeks can get one, mount very large guns on it, and then mount a very small nuclear reactor? Destruction of cities is fun for the whole family!
This is a wonderful thing to see. Distributed processing is a wonderful way to spend those extra clock cycles that most of us have, while at the same time benefitting someone else. I really hope to see more projects like this in the future.
I could see this being a good thing for people in areas that are still limited to dial-up connections. Drive out to the local Comp-USA, find a piece of software that you'd normally download, but is prohibitively large, and take the 2-3 minutes to burn it. Pay a small fee, and drive home with your software. I fail to see any real flaws with this plan. It just needs to be more widely accepted by software companies, now.
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Actually, it runs on 54 architectures. It's one of the most portable operating systems I've ever had the pleasure of using. And it makes me happy to know that I can bounce between a 486, athlon xp, sparcbook, and a g4 without changing my OS.
According to the article (which is really just a message board post), it's any that are purchased from today on, and it extends to six months after purchase. This is a major step forward for consumers, as it will save a lot of money for those of us who can't deal with the blemish of a couple dead pixels.
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So, who's in favor of starting a paypal account for people to donate to so the geeks can get one, mount very large guns on it, and then mount a very small nuclear reactor? Destruction of cities is fun for the whole family!
This is a wonderful thing to see. Distributed processing is a wonderful way to spend those extra clock cycles that most of us have, while at the same time benefitting someone else. I really hope to see more projects like this in the future.
I could see this being a good thing for people in areas that are still limited to dial-up connections. Drive out to the local Comp-USA, find a piece of software that you'd normally download, but is prohibitively large, and take the 2-3 minutes to burn it. Pay a small fee, and drive home with your software. I fail to see any real flaws with this plan. It just needs to be more widely accepted by software companies, now.