Waxing Philosophical

[Richard Irving]

Eugene Chu wrote:
> Richard Irving wrote:
> 
>>Couldn't find any open-source Unix apps ?  ;)
> 
> Three major tools we use:
> 
> - RSInc's IDL:  Globetrotter refused to port their license manager to
> Alpha Linux platform

  Oh... -Application- dependency.

   To Quote "Bill the Cat"

     *  Ack  *

     *  Phough *

> 
> - Rational Clearcase:  "What's Alpha?"
> 
> - Oracle:  Maybe on Tru64
> 
> We may have been able to find open source solutions for the last two,
> but our collaborators around the world use IDL, so there really is no
> easy replacement for it.

   Not an uncommon story.

    We used to say that a lot, before the days of Open Source movement.

   The Windows people -still- say it when referencing, for example, Word, but
  OpenOffice was born to shut down -that- argument....

   So, then they jumped on Outlook, and its Calendar,
   as basis of the same argument.


   So, the iCal specification was born.


   :)


  * ack *

  * Phough *


> 
> Oh, did I mention that the prices of the Alpha systems were about 5X
> the x86 systems?  Yes, they were high performance, but they weren't
> THAT high performance.

   Checked Ebay recently ?

   For 5000.00 US I can get a 4 Processor ES40.

   I am waiting for a GS120 for 10,000.00 and then I buy!


> It's wonderful that some of that technology survives in newer products,
> but it's long past time to move on to the new products.
> 
> eyc

   "The King is Dead, long live the King"


    ;)



   " EV7's are cool! "


   "The epidemiology of Windows and Intel, rivals the movie "28 Days Later",
  with much of the same results.... mindless things running around everywhere,
   acting as though they -really- have awareness."

    :P


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