On Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 11:15 PM Arun Sharma said...
>> some arn't even released.) These modems also end up chewing valuable
>> processor cycles during operation.
>
>This is not a valid argument any more. A 450 MHz AMD K6-2 sells for
>US $39. There is plenty of cheap CPU out there.
Kaushik> The tradeoff is between keeping the processor free to
Kaushik>perform floating pt calcs for graphics rendering or
Kaushik>tying it up , with what could have been implemented in
Kaushik>the hardware & the responsibility of writing/aquiring a
Kaushik>driver for the hardware which they have economised. The
Kaushik>onus is on the user depending on the need basis.
>Get a "real" modem, isn't a valid argument. If you make that argument,
>Linux will lose - for the same reasons why BSD lost to Linux (in
>popularity), by telling people to get a SCSI disk instead of IDE.
Kaushik>Simplification of the installing process & Use , is after all
Kaushik>what is needed I guess, that's why a GUI interface has
Kaushik>become a defacto standard in most modern o/s's , Kaushik>though it
forces people to buy costlier hardware.
Kaushik> A lil extra cost( not a big jmp when you mov from IDE to SCSI)
ensures overall compatibility. IMHO that logic should stick.
Regards
Kaushik Sen
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981
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