[rescue] SS10/20 death

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Tue Feb 5 17:29:05 CST 2002


On February 5, dave at cca.org wrote:
> >And Suns are fine machines, even if you have one that might "suck" compared
> >to modern machines.. but, like you've said, just because a machine is no longer
> >sold or isnt the fastest one, doesent mean it quits working or functioning.
> 
> I wouldn't say a nice but old machine "sucks" in any way. Simply being
> slower than some alternatives doesn't qualify as "sucks" to me.

  Wow, what a coincidence...me either.

  The issue isn't just that the SM100 is slower, Dave.  It's a crappy
design from top to bottom.  The architecture (SPARC) is good, but the
implementation is terrible.

       -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL         "Less talk.  More synthohol." --Lt. Worf



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