Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 13:10:27 -0400 From: Christopher Petrilli <petrilli@amber.org> To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-ppc ideas Message-ID: <20000531131027.D5766@trump.amber.org> In-Reply-To: <20000531093535.B54453@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 09:35:35AM -0700 References: <200005310005.e4V05gM17560@intel.linux-florida.com> <p04320402b55a9fd27e96@[193.82.131.28]> <20000531111849.A5766@trump.amber.org> <20000531093535.B54453@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien [obrien@FreeBSD.ORG] wrote: > 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. Ok, that means targeting the IBM 405 series of chips as well, which are a bit different. > > 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). Amen ;-) Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli | petrilli@amber.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the messagehelp
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