[plug] "the debate"

[Bill G. Gruff]

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Gavin Tweedie wrote:
> > Now if you were running NT, you could do all of this on one machine, you
> > could just add more processors, or you could even run it on an alpha.
> > Let's see you do that with Linux.
> Actually, here you are wrong. 
So you admit I was right everywhere else?

> Linux can handle a LOT more CPUs via SMP than NT can. 
Well, it needs them, doesn't it?
It probably barely runs on one CPU.
Unix has always been a resource-hog.

> Whats NT's limit? 4? or is it 6?
I don't think it's limited. You can buy licenses for as many CPUs as you
like.

> An alpha? wow I mean linux runs on those too, and sgi machines and powerpc
> and ....
That's cos it isn't optimised like NT is.
No wonder NT is so much faster on Intel.

> Bet you cant boot up NT4 on a 386 in under 5mins.
Harhar. Linux users like obsolete hardware as well as software.

-Bill G. Gruff <Thought.Assassin at nw.com.au>