> > > and hardware vendors who sell servers don't give a damn
> > > about graphics--the unaccelerated nv driver is more than enough.
> >
> > Real servers don't need or want graphics at all.  RS-232 is preferred.
> > Except for graphics/video servers of course.
> >
> 
> Not strictly true... I've worked on backend servers that used the graphics=
> =20
> hardware to render the pictures (Graphs etc) for the application. Hardware=
> =20
> assist meant they could serve many more users that if the work was done on=
> =20
> CPU alone...
> Graphics hardware isn't always about rendering to a screen... (Although I=20
> admit it's one of the few times I've ever seen this done, I think it's kind=
> =20
> of cool. Although was skeptical at the time :)

Interesting.

Version 1.1:

Real servers don't need or want a graphical console.  RS-232 is preferred.
Except for graphics/video servers of course.
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