Recent content by philb2

I know about how engineers optimize the output of a chemical plant using massive Excel spreadsheets,. See above. ^^^^

Why???

And how exactly is this a selling point in a corporate environment? Imagine explaining this to an end-user, who probably had no input to the Linux choice decision, and probably doesn't know what the word "distro" even mean.

Irrelevant in the corporate market. Since everyone uses MS Office, it is a DE FACTO standard. And no one gives two hoots about Office being the least compatible, because there is no need for ISO-compatible software w/r/t Office. When I was a consultant, I was told I needed MS Office, because...

Any idea why?

It's not just the low market share of desktop Linux. it's the large number of versions and releases. Maybe Linux as a catergory has 4% market share, but what is the market share of any given distro? How much less than 1% You aren't going to get Adobe or Intuit interested in developing (and...

I agree with you, even though I have an MS account, so I can transfer licenses. But sadly, you and the other guys who posted in this thread are a minuscule percentage of total Windows home users.

Yeah, but I can just imagine an ARISTA C-level meeting, where the VP of support complains that he/she has to support individuals who don't pay much. So in their infinite wisdom they decide that even small fry have to pay enterprise support prices. No thought to reputational damage or to the...

Naw. Only Russians "fall" out of windows., Chinese simply disappear.

AT&T lives up to its monitor "death star."

So after reading a bit about the ASUS Creator X670e, I wish I had gotten this board instead of the ROG Strix E-A x670e.

After reading this thread, I'm afraid that any hope for future HEDT boards is just pissing into the wind. Don't mean to be a downer, but that's how I feel.

Over on LinkedIn, there is a market forecast that predicts PCIe Switches Market Size is Growing at a CAGR of 11.9% with Worth ~ US$ 1764.6 million by 2032 [Exclusive 98+ Pages Report] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pcie-switches-market-size-growing-cagr-119-vysfcv If you believe this...

Agreed but we probably want to buy products with higher profit margins, You would think. I don't have any specific knowldge, but if I look at the ASUS product lineup,it seems they must have some kind of software that allows them to tweak a basic design into multiple released products,with...

It is. I have to wonder how they do their market research. Now I know that some guys are buying the least expensive mboard they can, but there are also guys who would (and are fortunate enough spend some of their hard-earned dollars, euros and pounds to get a board with extra lanes and PCI-E...