On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Brendan Moran wrote:

>> The heck with Linux: put a Java VM on the sucker and base the OS directly
>> on that.
>
>Sorry, didn't think of that.  I'm a solder/C++/assembly programmer (In that
>order).
>
>> With memory to match the speed, I bet I could do some real-time vision
>> processing that would blow anything I've seen out of the water.
>
>If anyone does something sensible with it (in terms of OS), it should blow
>the *PC* out of the water.

Anything with a relatively flat memory model and no need for six tons of
legacy junk to run peripherals no-one even remembers anymore will outclass
a PC in the same price class.

Peter

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