Re: The PPC vs. Intel debate [Was: Will we be able to update to YDL 2 ????]


Subject: Re: The PPC vs. Intel debate [Was: Will we be able to update to YDL 2 ????]
From: Chris Ruprecht (chrup999@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 14:15:07 MDT


In my case, I have to run at least one Intel box since the RDBMS
(commercial) I use, has not been ported to any other Linux platform and is
not likely to be ported any time soon. Running a PC emulator under YDL to
run RH Linux to run the RDBMS .. well now here is a though ^-}.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Leggett" <minfrin@sharp.fm>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: Will we be able to update to YDL 2 ????

> andu wrote:
>
> > If bang for buck was the issue why didn't you guys choose PC
> > boxes(Athlon) with say RH 6.2 or Slackware?
> > Just curious (nothing to do with YDL).
>
> In our case because the Intel machines are typically less reliable from
> a hardware perspective.
>
> Regards,
> Graham
> --
> -----------------------------------------
> minfrin@sharp.fm "There's a moon
> over Bourbon Street
> tonight..."


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