Pat Farrell wrote: > Peter wrote: > >> I think the biggest problem with this is that the SC software is written >> in Perl and requires a whole OS (and DBMS) underneath >> it >> > > That is not a "problem" its a feature. Something has to be the OS and > It's a feature in PC/server setups and a problem in NAS and embedded setups.
> then you add the application on it. Perl is not the problem, but if you > want to argue that dead horse, the developer's forum section is the > proper place. > Oh, I thought anything was game in this forum. We were discussing politics not long ago ;) Maybe I'll start an anti Hamas-thread. See how that goes ;) > >> lots of fairly powerful mini-stuff available judging the netbook craze. >> > > My kid just got a $440 EEE netbook that except for the disk size, is far > more capable than SC needs. While the SC software needs today what was > considered a lot of RAM, in today's market, it needs about $30 worth of > it. (a gig, or so, the $440 EEE has 2GB and has far more speed than is > needed.) > > If you look at the specs of the Controller (bundled in the Duet) it is a > hand held computer comperable to desktops of not many years ago. And > those desktops cost several grand late last century. Moore's law has > done amazing things. > You're making my point. > If it had disks, an iPhone could probably run SqueezeCenter. > It might be able to run it, but probably not well. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
