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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!mr.net!umn.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!nntp.sei.cmu.edu!news.psc.edu!hoopoe.psc.edu!not-for-mail From: peterb@hoopoe.psc.edu (Peter Berger) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 2 Apr 1996 10:42:41 -0500 Organization: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4jrhth$66a@hoopoe.psc.edu> References: <4jn4qp$6p@darkstar.my.lan> <stephenkDp5xr1.69v@netcom.com> <4joi3n$bvb@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <stephenkDp7nHo.369@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hoopoe.psc.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14152 comp.os.linux.development.system:20685 comp.os.linux.x:28571 comp.os.linux.hardware:35443 comp.os.linux.setup:49024 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:456 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2997 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2760 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16648 In article <stephenkDp7nHo.369@netcom.com>, Stephen Knilans <stephenk@netcom.com> wrote: >In article <4joi3n$bvb@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> Thomas.Weihrich@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE (Thomas Weihrich) writes: >>stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans) writes: >> >>>of the market, that at LEAST 50% of the market will hear of it! *I*, for >>>example, bought no such card, yet heard of it HERE!!! Even if I DIDN'T use >>>LINUX, I wouldn't touch their card! >> >>You still don't get it ... >> >>Linux is by no means a commercially usable product. It has too many >>flaws to be of good use for businesses let alone ISPs. > >Name ****ONE****! So far, I haven't heard ONE legitimate reason! Here's one: 14% utilization of UDP bandwidth, best case. If you don't understand what that means ... I'm not surprised. -- Pete Berger Coordinator, Regional Information Infrastructure Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center