On 5/13/05, Jim Starkey <jas@...> wrote:

> Jason Dodson wrote:
>
> >That is a blanket statement that isn't necessarily true. LZW for
> >instance, while not the most efficient, uses a very small footprint in
> >every regard, and is about as fast as you are gonna get.
> >
> >
> LZW, friends, and relations is patented technology, i.e. forbidden fruit
> unless you can find a donor to buy a Unisys license. And since IBM also
> has a parent that comflicts with th Unisys, you probably need a license
> from them, too.

well patent expired
http://www.google.com/search?q=lzw+patent+expired

LZW is used in gif compression (that is why i know it can be used now)

>
> >
> >
> >You certainly can HAVE it work with default settings set to what you
> >think is best. This recommendation is for the flexability to change that
> >behavior if special circumstances arise. Sure, everyone can drive a car,
> >if it can only turn right, but someone along the lines NEED to turn
> >left, instead of turning right three times. Maybe someone would like to
> >be able to turn up into the sky... who knows.
> >
> >
> >
> You're talking about functionality. Does your car have downloadable
> microcode? If you have a better idea of how the fuel injection system
> should work, shouldn't you be able to replace the default code with your
> own? Or do you just want to get into the car, turn the key, and go
> someplace?
>
> Life is too short to require DBAs and system administrators to have
> learn about something they don't care about just to use the system.
>

I agree db2, sybase are going towards Zero administration , not
milions of fuzzy
undocumented parameters for tunning

> >A mentality like that is why we need multi-gigahertz machines with ram
> >approaching gigs simply to run a consumer OS, browse the web, and check
> >email. I mean, if we are going to simply recommend "Get a better
> >machine", then you may as well do this all in Java.
> >
> >
> >
> You got it. A faster, bigger machine means better software, better
> GUIs, and easier to use. If you want a really efficient machine, get
> an IBM 7040. 32K, support for both tape drives and a console
> typewriter, and, for a measly $1M, a disk!
>
> Big, fast machines are wonderful. Cheap, big, fast machines boggle my
> mind regularly. Snear away, fella, but I won't trade my $599 AMD64 for
> all the PDP-11s in the world. These machines are great! Anyone who
> wants to play in the past is welcome to borrow my time machine.

Jim is talking about future of firebird and that includes 64bit
machines , multicore cpu's (even multithreaded)
Even phones now have dual cpu's and >64M of ram and java
I think we should never over optimize over memory , cpu's - think free
- not restricted .
You have an slow machine ? buy more ram is cheap.
There are video cards with 512M of ram . (Throw some hw to the problem)
Nobody stop you from optimizing firebird for phones / small machines.
They squeezed linux kernel under 2M memory and even less with some
proper patches .
A 64bit machine is around 300$ and that screams for developing



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