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Quotes of the weekQuotes of the weekPosted May 27, 2011 18:17 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: Quotes of the week by felixfix Parent article: Quotes of the week
What do you mean by 'modern'?
Industrial equipment often has quite a long lifetime. I've personally worked with equipment from 70-s which used _punch_ _cards_ back in 1998.
I also personally know one system which uses ISA cards. It's a data acquisition hardware for drilling well rigs. And it's not really that old - this system was designed in 2001 and required top-notch hardware back then.
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Quotes of the week Posted May 28, 2011 18:24 UTC (Sat) by mastro (subscriber, #72665) [Link]
Do you think anyone will ever install a 2.8.x kernel on it? It can continue to run with 2.6.x (or, more likely, 2.4.x) just as it has done so far.
Quotes of the week Posted May 29, 2011 12:11 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
It's running 2.6.26 right now, so it's not inconceivable that someone might want to install 2.8 on it. For example, if new motherboards are not supported by 2.6 releases.
Quotes of the week Posted May 29, 2011 22:09 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
Though of course, if supporting ISA is such a PITA then it should be dropped. But if it's just a cleanup for aesthetic reasons - let it stay.
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