Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:05:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: "Andrei A. Dergatchev" <A.Dergatchev@tn.utwente.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq's alpha unit being sold (off-topic) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106241902450.82710-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <3B369B65.E38CE6FE@tn.utwente.nl>
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> > Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > If this happens and plays out, you can kiss the Open Source movements goodbye > > within 5 years. > > > > Hmm, > > I wonder why do you think so ? If the amount of viable large scale platforms drops to just Intel, the only way so-called 'Open Source' will live is as a relatively unpaid adjunct to whatever Intel feels is appropriate. That doesn't mean that there won't be Alpha, Sparc, Arm32, PowerPC and other chips around. But they'll become so marginalized and niche oriented that the main thrust of Open Source, including Linux (which will probably be co-opted by IBM by the end of next year), will be lost. IMHO. Wrong list for this rant anyway- sorry. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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