"Michael H. Warfield" wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 03:47:41PM -0400, Edward Schernau wrote:
> > The same logic of why a winmodem might be appropriate
> > for an OEM system also applies to linux - most of us running
> > systems in the hundreds of MHz _do_ have some spare cycles.
>
> > So why not take advantage of a cheaper modem? Hell, most of
> > us DONT have true PS printers - does using GS and printfilters
> > to make a "software PS printer" make is bad?
>
> > And, what's wrong with a binary-only driver?
>
> 1) Slippery Slope
>
> You start down that slope with one little excuse that this one
> little thing won't hurt and it doesn't stop until you've got a lot of
> little things that hurt like hell. Winmodems, winprinters, what's next.
>
> 2) Nose of the camel
>
> We don't want this sucker in bed with us.
>
> 3) Domino Theory
>
> When the first few start falling, how far behind are the others.
>
> 4) Red Queen's Race
>
> They start creating all these "Win this" and Win that" and it
> ends up we "Lose this" and we "Lose that" and we all end up working our
> butts off doing low level grunt stuff just to maintain parity.
>
> Give us new things that give us new features, fine. That I can
> work for. Give us crappy cheap junk designed to work only with Windows
> and all our work is just going down a rat hole to support some inferior
> products.
Several years ago, when 386dx 40mhz was really cool and considered fast of
that time but now we average probably about 400mhz and up PII's and K6's that
makes 386dx 40mhz really sloooowwww. What good is the fast processor when we
start getting software driven peripherals that dependent on the CPU instead of
the dedicated controller? I know the pro is that the software driven
peripherals are alot cheaper and the con is we start losing benefit as was the
saying is "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!". It's not always the case but in this
case it seems true. I personally try to keep distance in software driven
peripherals except softDVD unless I do alot of work while watching movie in
the little window box. :-)
CH
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