Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271729AbTGXUtj (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:49:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271730AbTGXUtj (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:49:39 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:21376 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271729AbTGXUth (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:49:37 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Leandro_Guimar=E3es_Faria_Corsetti_Dutra?= Subject: Re: SCO offers UnixWare licenses for Linux Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:03:54 +0200 Organization: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=20Fam=C3=ADlia?= Dutra Message-ID: References: <1058807414.513.4.camel@sunshine> <141DFFFA-BBA4-11D7-A61F-000A95773C00@seven-angels.net> <20030721205940.7190f845.diegocg@teleline.es> <1059058329.957.11.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030724150841.GA12647@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Pan/0.14.0 (I'm Being Nibbled to Death by Cats!) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1463 Lines: 32 On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:08:41 -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > If SCO prevails it won't be the end of the world. A lot of that scalability > stuff is just a waste of time, IMO. 32 processor systems are dinosaurs that > are going away and I'm not the only one who thinks so, Dell and IDC agree: > > http://news.com.com/2100-1010_3-1027556.html Oh yes, Dell that mainstay of high-performance computing... and of clustering BTW! ;-) The day Dell 4-way 32-bits CISC machine clusters start menacing 32-way 64-bits RISC machines I'll see your point. Until then, it is simply a case of Dell not managing to make a dent on a financially attractive, but technically too difficult for them, market. > Don't get me wrong, there are some cool things in 2.5 that we all want but > if SCO puts a dent in the works Linux will recover and maybe be better. Or perhaps the Hurd will, if damage and confusion are too widespread here. But I hope not. -- _ Leandro GuimarĂ£es Faria Corsetti Dutra +41 (21) 648 11 34 / \ http://br.geocities.com./lgcdutra/ +41 (78) 778 11 34 \ / Answer to the list, not to me directly! +55 (11) 5686 2219 / \ Rate this if helpful: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=leandro - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/