On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 09:27:19AM +0200, Clayton wrote: > >Micro in a micro-computer,was referring to the technology used in > >creating the chips which used to be micro technology,
I was under the impression that the "micro" in micro-computer was created in the 1970s when it referred to the fact that it was much smaller than a "mini-computer" which was about the size of a small refridgerator, which in turn was much smaller than what people traditionally thought of as "computers" (i.e. room-sized mainframes). At least, that's what I was taught at my Computer Studies lessons in the 1980s. > I worked in the semiconductor industry for a long time. I know the > subject well. Funny though, you never seem to see SUSE in the > industry... loads of Solaris based software though (running the wafer > steppers and wafer scanners). I haven't seen much use of SuSE, but lots of RHEL replacing Solaris because the performance:price ratio is much better. Most of the EDA vendors seem to be standardised on RHEL. -- David Smith | Tel: +44 (0)1454 462380 Home: +44 (0)1454 616963 STMicroelectronics | Fax: +44 (0)1454 462305 Mobile: +44 (0)7932 642724 1000 Aztec West | TINA: 065 2380 GPG Key: 0xF13192F2 Almondsbury | Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BRISTOL, BS32 4SQ | Home Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
