On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> I actually think Intel did us a favor with this one. They could easily have
> developed a more sophisticated method of disabling SMP on the Celery, but they
> didn't. Maybe there are a few friendly engineers somewhere inside Intel.
I read an article somewhere about this, and the only reason they didn't
was because it would have been cost-prohibitive to rip out the SMP core.
Upon seeing how resourceful people were in making use of it, they were
re-considering their position on it. Don't be surprised if you see
completely non-SMP-capable processors in their next line of chips.
> If you think Intel is bad, you should try looking at the pricing models of
> comm equipment like firewalls and phone systems. For example, we resell a VPN
> system which comes with different levels of user limits. 10, 25, 50, etc.
> The only difference between the different "models" is the user limit and the
> price. You can even buy (expensive) "upgrades" to higher user levels which
> consist entirely of a license key.
All the more reason to use Linux for firewalls and VPN. Phone systems may
be different -- I don't know much about them. I agree that this sort of
tiered approach is a complete rip-off. It's one of the thing that's
always annoyed me about certain software companies' licenses...
--
Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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