> Clusters for scientific computing and rendering farms,
> dedicated systems for networking, telecomm (telephony
> under Linux is really taking off!) and signal processing,
> general-purpose scientific workstations...
A man after my own heart! Think about a chasis that supports multiple
computers on a single or dual backplane. The chasis has 8 slots so you
can fit eight separate and independent computers. Now add Beowulf and you
have a cluster-in-a-box, rackmountable, and ready for some serious number
crunching.
> > One thing I would love to see is a rocking Alpha/Linux game/demo page.
> Not me. Besides the hack value, what would it accomplish?
Again, being more business and scientific-minded, I agree. Games are a
distant fourth behind business, scientific/reseach, and network appliance
applications.
> If Compaq or API plan to introduce a low-end Alpha box with fast
> graphics and a < $1500USD price tag targeted at home users and use
> suped-up video games to market it, more power to them. I just feel
> that showing off video games on a $5k+ system is a bit silly ;-)
That should be one of there offering. Also, they should target:
1. The general corporate user (desktop).
2. The general home/educational user (desktop).
3. The server backend for network services (server).
4. Research/Education computing (server).
Paul
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