Re: [PLUG] AMD or Intel P4??

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

> I don't see how that's even slightly applicable to the question at
> hand. Sun, SGI, Apple hardware costs a little bit more, but it's
> hardly unique. Plenty of replacement parts are available, often
> available at extremely low cost.
Things I'm not aware of.  That lack of awareness also leads business 
administrators to choose Windows servers on PC platforms.  It's just 
easier because it's familiar.  Not that it's truely better.  The 
important thing is to choose the right hardware for the job.  For some 
jobs that means PC hardware.  The other important thing is to let 
computer people choose the computers!

> Replacing workstation SGIs or server SGIs? There is a HUGE
Workstations.

> Here you say "servers". What servers do you mean? I'm certain that
Basic network stuff like DNS is what they were planning when I left.

> > Every issue of Linux Journal has an article about the movie
> > industry adopting Linux for workstations and clusters.
>
> Of course it does. It's an evangelism magazine. What do movie
> industry magazines say?
That's true.  It does preach.  But, they are also interviewing people in 
the industry.

> But this is, again, not a relevant data point. This is a hobbiest
> list.
One thing that makes a Windows server easy to run, if badly, is the fact 
that it feels like a Windows PC.  With so many people using Linux, 
running Linux/Unix servers will seem easier for more people, even if 
they do it badly.  Having people that can take care of the hardware is 
important.  The more competition there is, the less a company has to pay.

The point that I'm trying to make is that, in isolation, good technology 
is good.  In the real, imperfect world, good technology is subject to 
forces that I can't even explain.  It's mostly about money and business.

> Why do you feel the need to replace it, though? Was it really too
> slow? My Macs running NetBSD certainly don't seem too slow (though
> they're often less responsive than I'd like on the console, I'm
> not using them that way and have purposely set NetBSD's UBC up to
> work the right way for long-running daemon processes).

In this case I am forced to replace the hardware because I sold most of 
my PC.  8-)


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