Re: Wishlist: Source-based option
Tom Georgoulias <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.release.phoebe |
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| Organization | Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector |
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David Krider wrote: > But I > just can't get over the time involved. One of my workstations is a dual > Athlon 1200 with 512 MB RAM. The other is a dual Athlon 1800 with 1 GB > of RAM. Both with nice SCSI drives and Adaptec controllers. It takes > about 3 days to get a usable system with one of these machines. (Even > with -J3 as a make option to use both CPU's.) That's unacceptable to me. Wow, 3 days on a nice system like that! In 3 days, you could do some consulting, mow some lawns, sell beer, etc. and earn enough cash to buy a faster CPU that will outperform an optimized compile! ;) Reminds me of the time Homer Simpson skipped work to sell sugar... Tom -- Phoebe-list mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list