From owner-freebsd-platforms Fri Aug 15 04:06:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA21306 for platforms-outgoing; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 04:06:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA21295; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 04:06:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (haldjas.folklore.ee [172.17.2.1] (may be forged)) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.8.6/8.8.4) with SMTP id OAA01636; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:01:06 +0300 (EEST) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:01:06 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: jackv@pacbell.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, platforms@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speed test In-Reply-To: <2890.871607713@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > i urge a port to Macintosh Power PC. the next generation rhapsody > > kernel 3.0 is now based on the MKLinux kernel. if you can get freebsd > > The PowerPC architecture is dead dead dead. It just doesn't know it > yet. > Why would it be dead? The processors are not bad, neither are they end of lifecycle like the PPros and Pentium IIs. IBM and Motorola even have a roadmap (which they even seem to be keeping time/feature wise) what they want and will do with the processors. On the embedded side, there seems to be an abundance of choices, as are for the set-top box people. So why dead? Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions. > Jordan >