Re: Problem with InstallShield (Was Re: [Bug 629] Changed - Problem with InstallShield: ole:CoTreatAsClass(stub), ole:CoGetClassObject)

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Sean C. Farley wrote:

> On 6 May 2002 18:42, Alexandre Julliard wrote:
[...]
> > devoted to the issue, etc.  All of that is dead today, and that's a
> > major loss. It definitely isn't compensated by the fact that
> > developers can do something else while waiting for Transgaming to
> > maybe someday release something.
>
> This is not necessarily true.  A couple of years ago meant a much longer
> boot time for a computer.  Have you seen how fast an Athlon XP can boot?

It takes 2 to 3 minutes as it always did. Sure once you actually get to
the Linux initialization stage things go a bit faster now than in the
past, but that's not where you spend time. Most of the time is spent in
the BIOS:
 * testing the memory (or whatever)
 * initializing the SCSI subsystem
 * waiting for disks to spin up
 * doing god knows what else, probably sleep(60)

Even once in Linux it sometimes takes a while if the internet connection
is slow to come up, or if you are using ext2 and your 20-boot fsck has
come up. Furthermore, for me the real pain of rebooting is to have to
close all my applications (30+ windows) and loose all the context. This
is why I never reboot my computer.

Rebooting is just as painful now as it has ever been.



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