Sorry, I didn't mean to precipitate a flame war. I am using YDL because it supports the only interesting (to me) architecture out there: PowerPC. After reading some IBM docs, I have become very excited by the Cell - it seems to be ideal for some of my scientific apps and it is delightful that a modestly-priced game console maker is making a Cell system with fast graphics available to the general public with the support of a well-thought-of linux distribution. All of this might flop - it is too early to say. I am at present cautiously optimistic, though (and I'm fed up with Apple and OSX, thought the latter works reasonably well on my various machines).
-wn On Oct 31, 2006, at 11:10 AM, Norberto Quintanar wrote: > Huh?! > > --- Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ah... so... you have a dual consciousness as well as a dual and/or >> >> multiple skills. >> That's great! My enthusiasm doesn't allow me to share your vision. >> >> PR is not my primary skill; perhaps it's a skill I just absorbed as >> a >> result of being an average life-long resident of NYC. >> My enthusiasm for YDL is not balanced by the training and skills >> which you have. I guess you're also saying that my reasoning is >> not >> very reasonable when compared to what's happened not only because >> of >> decisions by TSS, but also Apple. Remember they did dump the >> PowerPC >> chip. >> >> I know you well understand better than I, that business strategies >> >> regarding what is maintained, supported, etc. has a logic which >> appears counter-intuitive or counter-sanity for the average person. >> >> Consider the Ford Taurus! How could a company shut-down the most >> continuously reliable and produced car! There are lots of examples >> >> of puzzling and confusing decisions throughout business in various >> >> industries. And lot's of people are caught, by being either in the >> >> midst of these decisions or being affected by them. >> >> There is no evil being committed here, Norberto. Only hard >> realities >> considering the best use of limited skills and resources involved >> which you nor I are directly responsible to make -- although for >> you, >> when you finally are ready you may have to make similar choices >> based >> on realities few people will comprehend. >> >> May you have the foresight and wisdom to do what should be done, >> when >> your time comes. >> >> Derick. >> >> On Oct 31, 2006, at 12:53 PM, Norberto Quintanar wrote: >> >>> Derick, >>> >>> *I'm starting to think you're getting paid by TSS to be a PR >> schlep. >>> Let's not forget the drop off of people on this list when TSS >> made >>> 4.0 >>> I see an even bigger drop off of people with the switch to 5.0. >>> Anyone who has the money to buy new hardware isn't going to run >> YDL, >>> they're going to run OSX.*.*, it comes with their new computer.* >>> >>> *These comments come from the inner entrepreneur with an MBA >> inside >>> me, not the YDL hack who loves YDL 4.0 on my beige G3 and >> 6500/250 >>> with 128mbs ram. >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> >> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' >> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates > (http://voice.yahoo.com) > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
