On 10/30/18 3:20 AM, Rob Kampen wrote: > On 30/10/18 20:06, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >> >> On 10/30/18 2:46 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >>>> On 10/29/18 1:55 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >>>>> To me it seems like, if they are smart, they will try to push IBM >>>>> POWER >>>>> and RedHat Linux together to establish real competition in the >>>>> hardware >>>>> market again (and of course don't forget to keep Fedora/CentOS >>>>> alive)! >>>> Er, RHEL has been running on Power for a very long time. The fastest >>>> supercomputer in the world is Power9 + RHEL. >>> What I meant is that POWER could become a competitor for Intel/AMD >>> based >>> servers. We're now running AMD EPYC servers with 64Cores/128Threads >>> and we >>> didn't find any POWER system which could compete in this area. >>> >>> Also, looking at TOP500 list there are not so many POWER systems >>> anymore. >>> IBM could change this now. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Simon >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> Yeah.....I guess that's one way to look at it. >> >> My biggest worry? Is I've placed so much time and effort "getting to >> know" Fedora and its intricacies, idiosyncrasies, its ins and >> outs...dealt with ridicule on this very same list when I first >> started, have "cut my teeth" on learning VERY hard lessons about >> certain syntax in the Terminal and what NOT to type.......only to >> have that all "taken" away from me at the whim of IBM. It just seems >> unfair. I'm hoping like H3LL that the developers @ Fedora are >> seriously thinking about forking "Just In Case"!? I mean they could >> still use the .RPM extensions, and possibly even still pull their >> code from RHEL, but at least they would be autonomous and wouldn't >> have to rely on IBM's good will in order to keep on churning out >> what....to me...is the best Linux distro on the planet! As I write >> this....I'm eyeballing the spare ThinkPad T-410 that I've neglected >> since I have Fedora running on a Dell XPS, and I'm thinking its time >> to get "back to my roots" and to find a distro I can put on that >> device and run without concern....I've heard some decent things about >> this "Pop-OS" which comes with System76's hardware. Maybe I'll give >> that a spin......then like I had said before...there's always Debian >> plain vanilla...with maybe MATE or Cinnamon?.....or else its going to >> have to be where I buckle down and finally learn all there is to know >> about LFS and Arch Linux and then move on to one of >> those...(God!.....at 47!?....its like how can I POSSIBLY start over >> again!?...) and THIS is the kind of turmoil that ensues when a >> corporation buys a fully functioning open course company! >> > wow, I am just 62 and looking forward to the next round of CentOS - > version 8 coming up? - must be due soon .... > Love learning new stuff, it never gets old (pun intended). > sorry for the noise, but couldn't resist, must be the age .... Hahahaah!.....good one! Now THAT made me smile!.....thanks for the laugh! Gotta remember to not always be the Doom & Gloom bearer! :o)! Guess I'll just keep on truckin' with F29...and hope all goes well. EGO II >> >> >> EGO II >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos