Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:24:30 +0200 From: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> To: platforms@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speed test Message-ID: <19970815222430.43082@grendel.IAEhv.nl> In-Reply-To: <2890.871607713@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Thu, Aug 14, 1997 at 06:15:13PM -0700 References: <33F373A0.E3209D0C@pacbell.net> <2890.871607713@time.cdrom.com>
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(This message probably belongs on another mailing list.) Jordan K. Hubbard shared with us: > > 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. Actually, there are two business where the Macintosh is the leading platform: graphics and music (MIDI sequencing, harddisk recording and sound processing). Both are gradually moving over to Windows NT (on an Intel archtecture). At this moment, it's 'gradually'. In some time, it will be 'rapidly'. HP stopped building it's own processors, next is either Motorola or SGI (MIPS). Alpha seems like the most safe bet at the moment, because they're way faster than Intel at the time. Apart from that, Alpha is the only platform that really aims at server applications, just like FreeBSD does. MIPS and PPC are used in the graphics industry, all with it's specialized applications that are not very likely to be ported to FreeBSD (at least, not in the near future). - Peter
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