Indeed, the Gamecube's about the size of this board, has a DVD drive that you can apparently get to work with normal discs, has Linux ported to its PowerPC CPU (which is probably about as powerful as a 1Ghz Via) and is ridiculously cheap. Granted, running Linux on a Gamecube isn't exactly a corporate solution, but Nintendo (or more realistically, IBM) could theoretically repackage a "server" version of the Wii and make a bigger impact than this "yet-another-x86" board.
or AIX on those mainframes! After all, AIX has more Unix IP than Linux, isn't it?
SCO UNIX runs on the x86 architecture, that was the basis of the claim that Linux contained copyrighted SCO code. IBM's Linux on POWER solutions run on, um, POWER:)
Really this is just a slashvertisement - it's great they're using Linux on a mainframe, but they're just IBM mainframes running multiple Linux instances, rather than multiple IBM servers running Linux. Honestly, on IBM hardware, I'd prefer IBM's OSes, but they're marketing the fact that you can have a high-powered, highly efficient, highly available consolidation solution that runs your existing Linux apps
Yeah, your datacenter could be key in coordinating the frantic research and resource distribution after an outbreak of the virus that reanimates dead flesh.
I'd suggest in addition:
Piping to obtain condensed water from the air conditioning
Radio transmitters/receivers
Several more shotguns with ammo
Several machetes/fire axes for when the ammo runs out
This is a good thing - if Thunderbird get away from the Mozilla Foundation and their ownership of the trademark (and the usage rules that come with it), Debian won't have to make a silly-named fork like CloudPterydactyl.
The community deserves to be able to take a "virtual tour" through this facility to ensure our kids it's safe and sound - quick, someone make a Quake map of it!
I know that Linux handles the admin issue better, but it doesn't run the games. I'm a gamer, and I run Ubuntu 7.04 with no Windows install.
Transgaming Cedega is brilliant for the DX9 games I've used it with, and simple enough that any user comfortable with Windows will have no problems (the most complex thing I did was make a link ("shortcut") from a shared config area to my home directory to share the games among other accounts).
There are a couple of games (notably Id software) that run native on Linux
There are some great open-source games just sitting there in the Debian repositories
I don't see how that's marketable - want to listen to a single song that isn't associated with a big-budget production such as a tour-backed album? Go get your fix at an indie music site...
I'm just waiting until governments as they are become obsolete as the global corporations of the world replace them.
Then the real raping & pillaging can start:)
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Indeed, the Gamecube's about the size of this board, has a DVD drive that you can apparently get to work with normal discs, has Linux ported to its PowerPC CPU (which is probably about as powerful as a 1Ghz Via) and is ridiculously cheap. Granted, running Linux on a Gamecube isn't exactly a corporate solution, but Nintendo (or more realistically, IBM) could theoretically repackage a "server" version of the Wii and make a bigger impact than this "yet-another-x86" board.
Ok, I didn't realise that, but my point still stands - I doubt IBM are paying a per-license fee for AIX, and especially not z/OS
SCO UNIX runs on the x86 architecture, that was the basis of the claim that Linux contained copyrighted SCO code. IBM's Linux on POWER solutions run on, um, POWER :)
Really this is just a slashvertisement - it's great they're using Linux on a mainframe, but they're just IBM mainframes running multiple Linux instances, rather than multiple IBM servers running Linux. Honestly, on IBM hardware, I'd prefer IBM's OSes, but they're marketing the fact that you can have a high-powered, highly efficient, highly available consolidation solution that runs your existing Linux apps
Yeah, your datacenter could be key in coordinating the frantic research and resource distribution after an outbreak of the virus that reanimates dead flesh.
I'd suggest in addition:This is a good thing - if Thunderbird get away from the Mozilla Foundation and their ownership of the trademark (and the usage rules that come with it), Debian won't have to make a silly-named fork like CloudPterydactyl.
The community deserves to be able to take a "virtual tour" through this facility to ensure our kids it's safe and sound - quick, someone make a Quake map of it!
"We don't think it'll compete with Office - we just want the customer base that uses it"
I don't see how that's marketable - want to listen to a single song that isn't associated with a big-budget production such as a tour-backed album? Go get your fix at an indie music site...
I'm just waiting until governments as they are become obsolete as the global corporations of the world replace them. Then the real raping & pillaging can start :)