It's not that good.. Itanium is overdesigned and assumed the compilor will know things it just can't know at compile time.
They shifted too many things off of the CPU and into software when that didn't preform well they started trying to optimise it. It's a situation that reminds me of NT and microkernels.
The result is something that needs a huge die size just to preform on par with the Xeon and thanks to the huge die size it will always be priced much higher. I keep hearing that smaller transistors will fix this problem but everything they benchamark against will get those too.
Intel really missed the boat on this one.. a more intellegent route would have been emt-64 without the 16 and 32 bit backward compatability.
I use Lingo as my exclusive phone service - I cancelled my POTS line after two days - SBC was very difficult to cancel when I told them I was going to VOIP
I have had absolutely no problems for the last two months. I get an amazing price - $19.99 for unlimited US, Western Europe & Canada, and the first three months absolutely free.
I can't imagine not having the convenience of VOIP. The online bonuses - email voicemail, detailed billing, etc are good too.
"My father accepted it well enough (hell, he even told me it was sometimes nicer than Windows) but for the rest of the family it was a no-no. I was keen to learn but the RPM hunt and the randomness of program functioning is what bought me back to Windows."
Your problem was two-fold. First, you are not proficient enough yourself to resolve problems as they arise. This can be frustrating especially if you are under pressure to "make it work!" from others. What you need to do is get another machine (it doesn't have to be top-of-the-line) solely to experiment on. This machine is called in CompSci circles a "testbed". When testing is done and you are sure everything works (and are confident that it will stay that way) then, and only then, install that program on the computers in use. You will be amazed as the levels of frustration drops with the family off your back.
Second, never, never, never try to force someone to use something they don't want to use. There are other ways to make them want to make the switch. For example, I don't clean up my family's computers after they get them infested with spyware, adware, and virii. I let them do it. I may provide pointers from time to time but that is about it. After a few times they will eventually see that you are not doing that constant fight in Linux and may want to try again. The point is, they have to want to do it not you forcing the issue.
I worked as an office junior for a guy once who refused to buy Microsoft operating systems once he found out about Apple - in this case OSX. The install discs a bit cheaper and when they worked were pretty close to the quality of XP Pro... when it worked. Between increased maintenance, broken files and destroyed projects I can't see how the TCO was much less than double the price of Windows XP Pro.
It is this same attitude which brought about the downfall of the British car industry. "Its good enough so take it or leave it".
This applies to slashdot too - the people who are meant to check the submissions can barely even be called 'editors'. Editors check for simple things like spelling and grammar. So what do these guys do? Click submit a few times an hour? Must be a tough life.
As usual this just seems to be more Anti-MS FUD spread by OSS zealots. Do they really think some poxy solid state computer used in asia running linux is going to bring down MS?
My website's percentages (I would say a somewhat stereotype independent website):
January 2005: MS Internet Explorer 95.9 % Netscape 1.8 % Mozilla 1 % Opera 0.4 % Safari 0.4 %
February 2005: MS Internet Explorer 92.5 % Mozilla 4.1 % Netscape1.4 % Safari 0.8 % Opera 0.5 %
March 2005: MS Internet Explorer 90.9 % Mozilla 2.7 % FireFox 2.1 % Netscape 1.4 %
My guess is that my host just updated awstats so that firefox and mozilla are seperated. It does list FireBird (less than.5% every month), so that kind of confuses me. Either way, IE is going way down, and Mozilla/FireFox are going up.
It would be better if there weren't all these languages for web site developing. What we need is browsers to run EXE files natively without a sandbox, so designers have a bit more flexibility.
Thats very strange that you should say that. We have many machines throughout the company running Linux, Windows 2000 and XP. All machines are kept up to date with the latest patches and it is incredibly rare to hear anyone complaining about crashes. This sort of thing happened with 95 / 98 / ME but not these days if the systems are well run.
So yes, they probably will love them but not for the reasons you state.
I'm looking to replace the current line of PDA's for our company and this sounds very interesting. Employees are often out of office and an all-in-one device like this will be great for them to keep in touch - and maybe even do a bit of work on.
Slashdot Mirror
And also what is the point in using a decent wood like Oak if you aren't even going to see it!
It's not that good.. Itanium is overdesigned and assumed the compilor will know things it just can't know at compile time.
They shifted too many things off of the CPU and into software when that didn't preform well they started trying to optimise it. It's a situation that reminds me of NT and microkernels.
The result is something that needs a huge die size just to preform on par with the Xeon and thanks to the huge die size it will always be priced much higher. I keep hearing that smaller transistors will fix this problem but everything they benchamark against will get those too.
Intel really missed the boat on this one.. a more intellegent route would have been emt-64 without the 16 and 32 bit backward compatability.
I guess the fact that the parent has been modded down like this vindicates what he/she says about the 'slashbot mindset'...
I use Lingo as my exclusive phone service - I cancelled my POTS line after two days - SBC was very difficult to cancel when I told them I was going to VOIP
I have had absolutely no problems for the last two months. I get an amazing price - $19.99 for unlimited US, Western Europe & Canada, and the first three months absolutely free.
I can't imagine not having the convenience of VOIP. The online bonuses - email voicemail, detailed billing, etc are good too.
The rates to the rest of the world are good too
"My father accepted it well enough (hell, he even told me it was sometimes nicer than Windows) but for the rest of the family it was a no-no. I was keen to learn but the RPM hunt and the randomness of program functioning is what bought me back to Windows."
Your problem was two-fold. First, you are not proficient enough yourself to resolve problems as they arise. This can be frustrating especially if you are under pressure to "make it work!" from others. What you need to do is get another machine (it doesn't have to be top-of-the-line) solely to experiment on. This machine is called in CompSci circles a "testbed". When testing is done and you are sure everything works (and are confident that it will stay that way) then, and only then, install that program on the computers in use. You will be amazed as the levels of frustration drops with the family off your back.
Second, never, never, never try to force someone to use something they don't want to use. There are other ways to make them want to make the switch. For example, I don't clean up my family's computers after they get them infested with spyware, adware, and virii. I let them do it. I may provide pointers from time to time but that is about it. After a few times they will eventually see that you are not doing that constant fight in Linux and may want to try again. The point is, they have to want to do it not you forcing the issue.
I worked as an office junior for a guy once who refused to buy Microsoft operating systems once he found out about Apple - in this case OSX. The install discs a bit cheaper and when they worked were pretty close to the quality of XP Pro... when it worked. Between increased maintenance, broken files and destroyed projects I can't see how the TCO was much less than double the price of Windows XP Pro.
It is this same attitude which brought about the downfall of the British car industry. "Its good enough so take it or leave it". This applies to slashdot too - the people who are meant to check the submissions can barely even be called 'editors'. Editors check for simple things like spelling and grammar. So what do these guys do? Click submit a few times an hour? Must be a tough life.
www.googledot.org and www.appledot.org
If a good programmer writes a new program in one day and no one sees it - does it really exist?
As usual this just seems to be more Anti-MS FUD spread by OSS zealots. Do they really think some poxy solid state computer used in asia running linux is going to bring down MS?
I don't think so.
My website's percentages (I would say a somewhat stereotype independent website):
.5% every month), so that kind of confuses me. Either way, IE is going way down, and Mozilla/FireFox are going up.
January 2005:
MS Internet Explorer 95.9 %
Netscape 1.8 %
Mozilla 1 %
Opera 0.4 %
Safari 0.4 %
February 2005:
MS Internet Explorer 92.5 %
Mozilla 4.1 %
Netscape1.4 %
Safari 0.8 %
Opera 0.5 %
March 2005:
MS Internet Explorer 90.9 %
Mozilla 2.7 %
FireFox 2.1 %
Netscape 1.4 %
My guess is that my host just updated awstats so that firefox and mozilla are seperated. It does list FireBird (less than
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It would be better if there weren't all these languages for web site developing. What we need is browsers to run EXE files natively without a sandbox, so designers have a bit more flexibility.
Thats very strange that you should say that. We have many machines throughout the company running Linux, Windows 2000 and XP. All machines are kept up to date with the latest patches and it is incredibly rare to hear anyone complaining about crashes. This sort of thing happened with 95 / 98 / ME but not these days if the systems are well run.
So yes, they probably will love them but not for the reasons you state.
I'm looking to replace the current line of PDA's for our company and this sounds very interesting. Employees are often out of office and an all-in-one device like this will be great for them to keep in touch - and maybe even do a bit of work on.