Messages in this thread | | | From | Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra <> | Subject | Re: SCO offers UnixWare licenses for Linux | Date | Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:03:54 +0200 |
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:08:41 -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> If SCO prevails it won't be the end of the world. A lot of that scalability > stuff is just a waste of time, IMO. 32 processor systems are dinosaurs that > are going away and I'm not the only one who thinks so, Dell and IDC agree: > > http://news.com.com/2100-1010_3-1027556.html
Oh yes, Dell that mainstay of high-performance computing... and of clustering BTW! ;-)
The day Dell 4-way 32-bits CISC machine clusters start menacing 32-way 64-bits RISC machines I'll see your point.
Until then, it is simply a case of Dell not managing to make a dent on a financially attractive, but technically too difficult for them, market.
> Don't get me wrong, there are some cool things in 2.5 that we all want but > if SCO puts a dent in the works Linux will recover and maybe be better.
Or perhaps the Hurd will, if damage and confusion are too widespread here. But I hope not.
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