Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 09:35:35 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Christopher Petrilli <petrilli@amber.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-ppc ideas Message-ID: <20000531093535.B54453@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20000531111849.A5766@trump.amber.org>; from petrilli@amber.org on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:18:49AM -0400 References: <200005310005.e4V05gM17560@intel.linux-florida.com> <p04320402b55a9fd27e96@[193.82.131.28]> <20000531111849.A5766@trump.amber.org>
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On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:18:49AM -0400, Christopher Petrilli wrote:
> The other would be do we want to restrict ourselves to the same set of
> machines that Darwin is basically restricted to (G3 and above, I
> believe).
Yes, that is the approach we are taking. At least for a development
platform. Targeting embedded boards is also the goal.
> As an Apple developer, it's killing some of your market, but... at
> least initially it should enormously simplify the effort of getting
> support running.
FreeBSD's main thrust is not history, that's what NetBSD's thrust is.
FreeBSD's thrust is servers and now the embedded market. The means modern
hardware, not some 5 year old box (unless it is *so* easy to support
along with the modern hardware).
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
Disclaimer: Not speaking for FreeBSD, just expressing my own opinion.
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