Peter wrote: > I think the biggest problem with this is that the SC software is written > in Perl and requires a whole OS (and DBMS) underneath > it
That is not a "problem" its a feature. Something has to be the OS and then you add the application on it. Perl is not the problem, but if you want to argue that dead horse, the developer's forum section is the proper place. > lots of fairly powerful mini-stuff available judging the netbook craze. My kid just got a $440 EEE netbook that except for the disk size, is far more capable than SC needs. While the SC software needs today what was considered a lot of RAM, in today's market, it needs about $30 worth of it. (a gig, or so, the $440 EEE has 2GB and has far more speed than is needed.) If you look at the specs of the Controller (bundled in the Duet) it is a hand held computer comperable to desktops of not many years ago. And those desktops cost several grand late last century. Moore's law has done amazing things. If it had disks, an iPhone could probably run SqueezeCenter. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
