[FOSS] How does one respond to this line of questioning?
Jon 'maddog' Hall
maddog at li.org
Fri Apr 8 14:08:38 EDT 2011
>The answer doesn't scale.
Sorry, it scaled with the information you gave me.
>That same 'problem' using a cluster years ago can now be processed in
>*minutes* on a Xeon quad processor.
...and the capabilities of the ENIAC can be done on my wristwatch today.
o First of all, I am talking about 1995...so that was about sixteen
years ago. Even if one woman's life was saved in those sixteen years,
it was worth it in my book.
o Secondly, part of the problem was to decompose the program, which
allows it to run well on your quad-core Xeon
You asked a question, I gave an answer.
md
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