11 Feb
2004
11 Feb
'04
8:21 a.m.
>>>> "John" == John Allain
<allain(a)panix.com> writes:
> That is exactly why I *still* run critical or
security-sensitive
> stuff on such platforms. It leaves those kiddies with a severe
> headache. :)
John> At last! A motivation behind all this. I was beginning to
John> wonder.
John> I saw a digital animation festival last night and was thinking
John> of getting a new compute server. By my calculations a midsized
John> PC passed even the CRAY-1 in compute speed sometime in 2002,
John> give or take a year. It probably would require a stripped down
John> O/S to do the computing. MS must take out at least 3/4 of the
John> machine power.
So run Linux...
It's not clear if your comparison is right when you look at floating
point arithmetic, especially vector arithmetic.
paul