On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 4:55 AM, James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can we please stop paying the Microsoft and NSA taxes and start buying > datacenter equipment which costs a lot less? Cubieboard/Cubietrucks for > instance? > > Ref.: > > http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catalog-reveals-nsa-has-back-doors-for-numerous-devices-a-940994.html > > Cubie are not credible enterprise-grade hardware; having made the suggestion indicates you don't understand what large server farm design and operations are all about. One can see signs of a movement towards enterprise-grade lower power CPU systems such as Atom, ARM, and Via chip mini-servers. It's not there yet. Both hardware and OS issues with the ARMs, and hardware with the others. -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
