Author: Zachariah Amela
Date: 09:22:24 09/14/99
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> >You would be _amazed_ if you took a tour thru the various weapons labs like >LLNL, LANL, ORNL, ONR, ARL, etc... and noticed _all_ the Linux boxes they are >now using. Wow really? Have you worked w/ any of these weapons development labs?? I always found the science most interesting. I understand SGI Irix systems are used for a lot of the militarys satellite imaging. How does Irix compare w/ Linux? Do the 'play together' well, or not? > >Sun is still around, but they are falling further and further behind every >month, for reasons that are unknown to me. But basically, their ultra-sparc >cpus are about the worst processor you can currently buy if you want raw cpu >speed. I can't think of a single machine (current cpu) that the ultra-sparc >can beat on a mhz to mhz comparison. And that isn't the end of the story, >because their mhz is only about 2x behind everyone else and getting further >behind weekly. 750mhz to 1ghz alphas, PIII/600+'s, and Sun drags up the rear >with nothing close. And Solaris is not exactly enticing any longer, it has >more bugs than an abandoned food factory. Agreed. The bench marks on the Sparc CPUs are pretty bad. Solaris was the king of the hill until Linux arrived huh? In terms of CAD/CAM what does Linux offer? What packages exit for truly professional design and industrial manufacturing systems? Are there any systems the beat out other design systems for other UNIX and/or Windows flavors? Thanks.
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