[rescue] Fry's

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Fri Feb 22 17:22:10 CST 2002


On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:55:26PM -0800, Rick Hamell wrote:
> 	If you want to talk speed, well, I don't know of any Sun Machines
> around that do 1.3 terrabytes of data transfers like ftp.cdrom.com use to
> do (up until the last transfer of FreeBSD ownership.) 

The only reason that single box did so much was popularity and a REALLY DAMN
BIG pipe.  Could have done the same thing if it had been a Sun, with the
right hardware.

Each architecture has its uses.  My PC is used for web browsing and games.
My Mac is usd for AV and graphics design.  My SPARCs are used for everything
else. 8-)

Bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX



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