Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:21:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:21:12 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:17415 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:21:12 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: linux as a minicomputer ? Date: 14 Apr 2002 13:20:52 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: In-Reply-To:

<20020414165056.GJ16692@gallifrey> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2002 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <20020414165056.GJ16692@gallifrey> By author: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > OK, clearing aside the deep technical arguments about lengths of coax > and what you can do with a couple of celerons, it seems obvious to me > that for at least some menial jobs a box with multiple separate screens > is useful. (Think two or three secretarys sitting next to each other > with a PC in the middle, low processor needs, short leads). > Agreed. This is somewhat different than the "50 processors for 50 users" scenario, but sharing a single- or dual-processor machine should be quite feasible for some applications. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt - 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/