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Doug:
by the time the BlueBottle is ported to a new platform,
Apple's G5 will look like an old and slow machine.
Developing good software always lags behind the newest-greatest
hardware, especially the academic software where there are not
enough resources to track the hardware market.
Wojtek Skulski skulski{([at]})nowhere.xy
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 ftkachov{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Doug,
>
> Apples are more expensive than PCs which is a crucial factor
> outside North America.
>
> Cheers
> Fyodor
>
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > A suggestion - port Bluebottle to Apple's G5 machine and use the
> > resulting system for high energy physics and scientific computing.
> >
> > Caveat - the software must be as reliable as Blackbox/Component Pascal.
> >
> > -Doug
> >
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