From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 8 12:21:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA23234 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:21:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from shell.monmouth.com (pechter@shell.monmouth.com [205.164.220.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA23206 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:21:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from pechter@localhost) by shell.monmouth.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA01255; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 15:18:42 -0500 From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter Message-Id: <199602082018.PAA01255@shell.monmouth.com> Subject: Re: Here comes the next wave to UNIX-wannabes... To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 15:18:39 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Brian Tao" at Feb 8, 96 11:49:16 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > "Apple and Open Software Foundation Announce Linux for Power Macintosh" > > "Apple Computer is supporting a project with the Open Software > Foundation (OSF) to port Linux, a freely distributed version of UNIX, > to a variety of Power Macintosh products. This version of Linux > operates on the OSF Mach microkernel which will be running natively on > the PowerPC microprocessor." > > And to top it all off: > > Q: Why did Apple port Linux vs NetBSD, BSD 4.4 or some other UNIX? > > A: There is an enormous amount of support for Linux on the internet > and Apple felt that porting Linux was the best way to address the > needs of the higher ed and scientific communities. > > ... and the snowball keeps getting bigger and bigger. God, that's > depressing. Here's my ramblings on the subject: Too bad -- it's Linux not FreeBSD -- but with DEC doing Linux for the Alpha someone was going to do Linux for the PowerPC. I've been saying IBM ought to do it -- or Motorolla ought to do it. (I'd be happy to see either FreeBSD or Linux on the PowerPC from either Apple or someone else...) A port of Linux may be quite helpful to push back the Wintel virtual desktop monopoly... (especially now that OS/2 for the PowerPC is dead and Apple's not looking to solid either...) Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | The postmaster always pings twice. Lakewood MicroSystems | 17 Meredith Drive, 908-389-3592 | Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 pechter@shell.monmouth.com |