Brian Hechinger's "low end" (was: Re: [geeks] NAT and Filtering on Solaris)

[Brian Hechinger]

On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:07:32PM -0800, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
> 
> > "low end" sun though.
> 
> Aaaaaagh!  <THUMP!>
> 
> (Sound of 250lbs of finely-aged SA meat hitting the ground in a dead 
> faint.)
> 
> "How dare you!  Suh, you have offended my honor.  I demand a dual at 
> dawn with your choice of CPU's!"

god dammit people, quotes for christ's sake.  LOOK AT THE QUOTES!

> Seriously, a U2 could be called "cheap" these days (going for 19K less 
> than what I paid for them in 97 or 98), but never "low end" - any system 
> that includes the capability for dual US-II CPU's, a 100MHz bus 
> (including the video card!), 2G of RAM, and FW SCSI can never be called 
> "low end".

i have high standards.  i wouldn't run any serious task on anything less than
an ultra2.

ESPECIALLY with the current day prices.

-brian
-- 
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