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SubjectRe: Scaling noise
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 11:07:02AM -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> You're thinking single-application again. Systems run more than one
>> thing at once.

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 11:07:55AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> Then explain why hyperthreading is turned off by default in Windows.

I don't follow M$ stuff and am not interested in much about it. cc:
someone@microsoft.com and have them tell the others.


On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 11:07:02AM -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> That's neither sufficient information about those two companies nor a
>> sufficient number of companies to make a proper empirical statement
>> about this. I really don't care for a stock market update, but I'm just
>> not going to believe anything this sketchy (from either source, actually).

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 11:07:55AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> Translation: "I don't like your data so I'm ignoring it".
> How you can look at those two companies and not see what is obvious is
> beyond me but everyone is entitled to their opinion. It's nice when your
> opinion is based on data, not religion.

Restating the above in slow motion:

(a) economic arguments make me want to puke in the face of the presenter
(b) I don't believe either of you jokers giving someone else's bottom line
(c) Sun's in the toilet anyway, try comparing Dell to a healthy vendor


-- wli
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