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01/25/08 17:21
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 		 #149961 - FOSS
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Erik Malund said:
FOSS? is that what you clean between the teeth with?

FOSS - Free Open Source Software

Yeah. The typical desktop would be based on 68K architecture instead of that crappy CPU from Intel ;-)
Now we DO disagree. I do not have any reason to find the Pentium 'crappy'. The only major 'fault' I find with Intel is the hits they take in order to be backwards compatible. That, however will have enormous advantages for many others, so I do not complain.

The 8086 is one of the most poorly designed CPUs. Intel has made considerable improvement with the Pentium, but it's that backward compatibility that's the problem.

The 68K was the first CPU designed by software engineers, not hardware engineers. Though it had some faults, it's still the most rationally designed CPU around (from a programmer's point of view).






List of 34 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
finally somebody said it...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Its not actualy the problem            01/01/70 00:00      
   well why don't they ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   They are not equivalent            01/01/70 00:00      
      To some extent            01/01/70 00:00      
   Dewar not in this universe            01/01/70 00:00      
      Wrong...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Possibly            01/01/70 00:00      
            wow, things have changed            01/01/70 00:00      
               And not for the better            01/01/70 00:00      
                  a correlation to Davids arguments            01/01/70 00:00      
                     What's wrong with Java on '51?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        the more portability the more you pay            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Hehe            01/01/70 00:00      
                              naah            01/01/70 00:00      
                              from all my Lunux experience straightly follows...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 not a flame, just some thoughts as to why            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Not a flame either, just some facts            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Jeff, why did you bypass the original issue            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          I didn't            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             is that what you clean between the teeth with?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                FOSS            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             not as much 'share' as market            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Hmmm            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Applications            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   the two above, Carig/Jeff ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Yes, they'll ask questions like ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         Power-Point Platform            01/01/70 00:00      
                           this was the point I tried to make            01/01/70 00:00      
   Don't despair            01/01/70 00:00      
   Fully Agree With Eric and that guy            01/01/70 00:00      
      a correlation to Eskos post            01/01/70 00:00      
      Poor education all across the board            01/01/70 00:00      
         Is basic IT education needed ?            01/01/70 00:00      

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