Re: Retiring the sparc32 port

["andrew holway" <andrew@moonet.co.uk>]

Nope, laptops can virtualize too :-), tho you right. keeping systems
robust is a heavy consideration.

All I'm suggesting is that the environmental impact of the power
consumption of all the bits of hardware at the home and office should
be considered.

There is a lot of needless waste.

Andy

On 19/07/07, Austin Denyer <adenyer@ekn.com> wrote:
> andrew holway wrote:
> > This is exactly the point I was trying to get across. Assuming your
> > not using vista there is no reason why you need more than one
> > computer. What are these old systems doing for you? a bit of dns?
> > Maybe some kind of webserver? mail?
> >
> > I have all these thing running in virtual environments on 1 PC which I
> > also use as my workstation.
>
> Putting all your eggs in one basket like that is fine as long as you
> have a good enough basket, or your services are non-critical.
> Otherwise, if the basket breaks you're potentially in for a whole world
> of hurt.
>
> Regards,
> Austin.