Thanks, Gnorb! This is exactly right.
Russell
On Monday 18 February 2002 07:24 am, you wrote:
> Kevin Fogleman wrote:
> >Not to be rude or anything, but why bother? You could probably pick up
> > parts for an old PIII 500 system for next to nothing and have tons more
> > processing power than a MOSIX cluster.
>
> Why get a '68 Mustang when you could get a faster, more powerful,
> cleaner, newer car for about the same price? Because there are a number
> of not-so-obvious advantages to getting one (and there's always "want").
> Why climb a mountain for any other reason than "because it's there?"
> Because it's a challenge. Besides, the challenge isn't the only thing
> which could be alluring. What about the knowledge gained by setting one
> up? Better to practice with a bunch of old P-166s and 486s than with a
> set of 12 processor alpha mainframes.
>
> True, you COULD get more processing power... or you could just build
> this and add a few next-to-nothing, P-III 500 nodes after you'ree done...
>
> Why let a "good" life get in the way of a "great" one?
>
> Gnorb
>
>
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