[LUAU] Intel Doubles Down on Linux

[Jim Thompson]

On Jul 25, 2005, at 3:36 AM, James A. Stroble wrote:


> On 日, 2005-07-24 at 22:44, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
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>> James A. Stroble wrote:
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>>> So Wayne, I have to ask you what I have asked you in person, do  
>>> you own
>>> stock in Sun?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Yes I do.  But they were bought before the bubble burst.  (Sold CISCO
>> and kept SUNW.  Just to let everyone know who smart I am.)  Wayne
>>
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> Fair enough.  Maybe Jim's wife was smarter,
>

she's smarter than I am.  :-)


> I do like the ability of X to work over a network,
>

X doesn't have a monopoly here.   NeWS worked over the network, as  
did Steve Uhler's MGR.  Y-Windows does as well.
The fundamental problem with X's notion of client/server is that the  
proper division of labor between the client and the server can only  
be decided on an application-by-application basis, and X doesn't  
allow this.


> and to crash without taking out the OS.
>

Well, given DRI, even X can't honestly honor this request in the  
presence of a driver bug, or having the DRI pipeline crash the card,
requiring a reboot (possibly via three-fingered salute) to fix.