On 10 Sep 2004, at 12:19 am, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular problem rather than run a particular program.
and then, moments later,
Wouldn't it make more sense to choose an OS first and then pick hardware that would be good for running it?
Wouldn't it make even more sense to consider the particular (set of) problem(s) you need to solve, choose the app(s) that might best suit your need(s), and see what OS(s) support the app(s) you need, and buy whatever hardware (with or without a bundled OS) that would support your need(s)?
I just meant that out of the ordering of those two choices (OS, hardware) the OS should be first. And of course there are other issues like security and TCO as well as just apps/OS/hardware. And the fulminating Evil of the Beast of Redmond :)
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