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Re: [opensuse-factory] Are we supposed to be moving this fast?
- From: Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:18:45 +0100
- Message-id: <esjpnl$t2s$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Carlos E. R. wrote:
> It has always been a selling point for Linux to say that it supported
> older hardware, giving it a new life. And surely, Per is talking of
> Pentium IV class machines, those are not so old!
Not quite - these are typically Pentium III Xeons, of which we have
about 30 in use. They were top of the line when they were new, and a
box with 4 of those will still drive a lot of data.
>> > ISA-support:
>> > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231191
>>
>> :-(
>> ISA support, come on! Even worse, ISA PnP, what a nightmare...
>
> There are quite a few high end industrial machines still using very
> expensive isa cards.
Thanks Carlos. My point exactly.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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> It has always been a selling point for Linux to say that it supported
> older hardware, giving it a new life. And surely, Per is talking of
> Pentium IV class machines, those are not so old!
Not quite - these are typically Pentium III Xeons, of which we have
about 30 in use. They were top of the line when they were new, and a
box with 4 of those will still drive a lot of data.
>> > ISA-support:
>> > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231191
>>
>> :-(
>> ISA support, come on! Even worse, ISA PnP, what a nightmare...
>
> There are quite a few high end industrial machines still using very
> expensive isa cards.
Thanks Carlos. My point exactly.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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