| Subject | Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 24 Feb 2003 13:28:30 +0000 |
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On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 06:58, Larry McVoy wrote: > Which brings us back to the point. If the world is not heading towards > an 8 way on every desk then it is really questionable to make a lot of > changes to the kernel to make it work really well on 8-ways.
_If_ it harms performance on small boxes. Otherwise you turn Linux into Irix and your market doesnt look so hot in 3 or 4 years time. Featuritus is a slow creeping death.
The definitive Linux box appears to be $199 from Walmart right now, and its not SMP.
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