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Xref: sserve news.software.nntp:14770 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3968 comp.os.linux.advocacy:14845 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net> Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Sun/Solaris or Pentium/Linux for new server ? Date: 3 Aug 1995 22:29:17 GMT Organization: Elision Lines: 18 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3vrijt$e0g@sundog.tiac.net> References: <3vlpgk$rdk@graphite.comco.com> <3vmgmn$jt6@brasil.moneng.mei.com> <3vnme6$rtu@sundog.tiac.net> <direwolf-0308951113320001@genista.life.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: elision.tiac.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) direwolf@uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) wrote: > >Conversely, it's nice to know I can use new hardware in my Linux box >while it's still state-of-the-art, and not wait a year until it's >well-established but obsolete. If a new disk controller is released >this week, there'll be Linux drivers for it in a month. Small clarification. There'll be drivers in a month if the manufacture releases the interface specs. This is becoming less of a problem as time goes on. :) -- Jim Williams. Find a Linux/GNU User Group near you: http://www.tiac.net/users/williams/lugnuts/