> ...  hibernation modes are readily available.

Lars, you misspelled this, `available` = sucks!

Ioan



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>>> Lars NoodC)n <larsnooden@openoffice.org> 05/12/2007 11:40 >>>
OpenBSD gets a short mention in a blog:

	Q:
	"... why in the world canbt we design a computer that can
        bcold bootb nearly instantaneously? I know about
        hibernation, etc., but when I do have to reboot, I hate
        waiting those three or four minutes.  "

	Schneier:
	"Of course we  can; Amiga was a fast booting computer,
        and OpenBSD boxes  boot in less than a minute. But the
        current crop of major  operating systems just donbt.
        This is an economics  blog, so you tell me: why donbt
        the computer companies  compete on boot-speed?"

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/bruce-schneier-blazes-throug
h-your-questions/


It's interesting that the issue of why a computer must be cold booted
is
not brought up, especially in the day and age where hibernation modes
are readily available.  Perhaps, the interviewer is a victim of the
Microsoft effect.

-Lars






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