[geeks] Daily Dose of Unix

[Kurt Huhn]

"Chris Byrne" <chris at chrisbyrne.com> wrote:
>  
> If theres a big perfromance jump though, I'd say it's a 100% lock that
> a new workstation line will come out. Probably playing on the Octane
> -> fuel naming scheme. Hell with the SOTU address, and their history
> with the O2, why not just call it the Hydrogen ;-)
> 

>From what I've read, the r18k is a honkin' fast CPU - well, fast in the
sense of it's context.  Possibly even fast when compared to recent (if
not current) x86 CPUs.  There's not a whole lot of info out there right
now, just people at each end of the extreme talking shit to each other.

We held a vote a while back, and I think "Diesel" won out.  I doubt
they're going to use that name, so I gave my Octane that hostname.

-- 
Kurt              "My name is James Connolly, I didn't come here to die,
kurt at k-huhn.com    but to fight for the rights of the working man..."
                                                      -- Black 47