On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:42:31PM +0200, Rose Humphrey wrote: > Le mar 17/06/2003 à 10:44, Sven Luther a écrit : > > > > Do you think it production-stable for a server? > > Don't know about the Pegasos, but the AmigaOne has and is being fairly > rigourously tested as a server : Samba, web, mail etc, all apps which > Sven accurately points out as being perfectly happy without Altivec.
I guess some king of encrypted protocol would like the addition of a G4 and altived though, not sure if the debian packages currently take advantages of it, as the Altived library spoken about here earlier is non-free, if i am not wrong. > > Well, a G3 altough somewhat slower than a G4 would be much more energy > > efficient, and you don't really need the FPU or Altivec units, which are > > the G4 two advantages. > > Just to add to this, the G4 does have one disadvantage: it runs hotter, > therefore requires more cooling and is noisier as a result. Yep, the G3 600MHz is fanless :))), too bad it is only a 750Cxe, and not the better 750Fx, which should run cooler yet at higher speeds. > > They will survive, at least the chances are greater for Genesi to > > survive than for Amiga. > > Tssst tssst, what were you saying about FUD? (I'd still like to see Sorry, i already apologized about this in another mail, i am not really all that current with all those rumors, and the details of the AmigaOne. > the Pegasos II tested for a while before recommending one for a server. Natural, and i did not suggest a Pegasos II for him anyway. > Elementary prudence). Amiga do not market the > AmigaOne, the name is merely licensed by MAI's European importer, Yep, i know that since then. > Eyetech. They likewise have nothing to do with whether it sinks or > swims, and even if Amiga Inc goes bankrupt tonight the AmigaOne will > still be there intact. Nice to know that. > And I'll still be selling them :-p Good for you :))) Friendly, Sven Luther
