Re: PR draft final-6 comments

Alain Williams (addw@phcomp.co.uk)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 17:34:45 +0000

On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 01:57:05AM -0500, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > It can also make older machines--even 386-based computers--useful
> > again.
>
> That is stretching the truth. 386 hardware is not useful with
> any operating system. The performance/watt is way too low.
> That "cheap" 386 DNS server raises your air conditioning costs.

Depends who you are.

In a 3rd world country a 386 might be all that you can afford.

-- 
Alain Williams


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