Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:36, Sloan wrote:
(IMHO an x86 based computer is not a "pc" unless a "pc" OS is installed on it)
What does that mean? There's no longer any real difference between personal (home), office, desktop, workstation, server or cluster operating systems. They're configured differently, but Windows, MacOS, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, etc. are all generic enough to be used for all classes of machines. The only possible exception I can think of is that I've never heard of anyone using Windows for clusters, but I don't know they're not out there.
PC is just Personal Computer. Treating it as synonymous in some way with Windows just plays into Microsoft's hands.
We're possibly at cross purposes here - but my point is that it's the OS, more than the hardware, that determines the capabilities and personality, so to speak, of a machine. I'll allow that microsoft has taken some steps towards providing a somewhat more general purpose OS, but it's peecee origins are still awkwardly apparent at times. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org