[Chugalug] Linux removes support for 386

[Chad Smith]

But WHY?!?!?

The 486 came out in 1989.  NINETEEN EIGHTY-NINE.  That means before the
1990s even started, the 386 was outdated and replaced.  This is over 20
years after that.  Our $8.99 prepaid cell phones have more processing power
than that.  It would have to be more expensive to run a 386 for a month
than to buy a brand new system with more power.  There are $50 tablets with
more power - and they have WiFi, a touchscreen, and a battery.

So even saying "I already have this system" doesn't mean you are actually
saving money by using it.  An order-of-magnitudes more powerful system that
takes less electricity to run would save you money in the long term.  And
by "long term" I mean a few weeks.

*- Chad W. Smith*



On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Chad,
>
> There are plenty of 386 based PLCs and embedded systems....
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Chad Smith <chad78 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Some things I just don't understand.
>>
>> Like why anyone would be using a 386 in 2013 (which it almost is).  The
>> "last ones" were made in 2007 - which is about to be 6 years ago - but in
>> 2007, we already had Core 2 Duos, so I don't know what they were being used
>> for even then.  386 is an 80s chip!  Unless you got some missions critical
>> data on a 30 year old computer - (I'm sure I'm looking at you US
>> Government) - you should not be using a 386 in 2013.  Or 2007.  Or any year
>> starting with a 2.
>>
>> If you do have missions critical stuff on a computer not made
>> this millennia - start getting it off of there immediately.  What is your
>> problem?
>>
>> *- Chad W. Smith*
>>
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