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From: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@lan...>
Subject: Native vs Emulated
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:18:50 -0700 (MST)
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Martin C.Atkins wrote:
> On the other hand, I think this underestimates the advantages of never
> having to partition a disk again, getting access to other systems
> without having to dedicate a physical machine to them, and being able to
> minimise the hardware that one has to administer (not to mention, buy!).
And, there is the little matter of, e.g., running on a T41 with the
Atheros chipset, which only ships with binary drivers.
ron