Monday, August 26, 2002

Ouch! No wonder the price was hard to locate (in fact, I didn't see it anywhere on the Bodacion website): a Hydra web server costs $89,950. (UPDATE: It may be $120,000 per server, I'm not sure which figure is current.) Bodacion claims the performance of its uniprocessor server compares to that of eight, dual-processor Sun boxes, so that's a lot of bang for the buck. But who needs that much bang? Not I. By the way, the Hydra uses a PowerPC CPU. 1:02:38 PM    comment []

Thank you, Wade, for confirming the dark side of JavaScript. Now I don't feel so bad for not being a better JavaScript programmer. 12:07:21 PM    comment []

No Windows? I like it already! Two ex-Motorola engineers have developed a new web server called Hydra. While "crash-free" sounds like hype, here's their claim: HYDRA contains everything needed to run a high performance Internet site. Since HYDRA does not run Windows, UNIX, Mac OS, Linux, or any embedded variants of these, it is not like any traditional server or computer on the market today. Engineered using "Six Sigma" quality standards, HYDRA is both crash-free and cannot be hacked into. More info at the Bodacion website. 11:54:11 AM    comment []

Doctor Zyg is finally listed on Google! (Now to get Zygmunt Kacicki listed...) 7:53:34 AM    comment []