Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 08:27:37 -0700 From: James Sarrett <dinosaur@aztecfreenet.org> To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Apple x86 Ramifications? Message-ID: <CAAE5F9D-889C-4BF1-B4C5-660739B00F7E@aztecfreenet.org> In-Reply-To: <b658a9c1.8abc8ec.819d600@dommail.onthenet.com.au> References: <b658a9c1.8abc8ec.819d600@dommail.onthenet.com.au>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I second that. All pessimism aside, FreeBSD/PPC isn't an apple =20 product. It isn't even targeted apple specific. If apple wants to =20 become a software company or whatever this crazy(cagey?) new strategy =20= is, it doesn't make our job as developers(hackers ;-) ) any less =20 relevant. In fact it means that we have a chance to build a better =20 box and not compete with one more company. Don't misunderstand me, I =20= love my mac, but FreeBSD serves a completely different purpose. Many =20= people around the various internet news sites have been calling this =20 move crazy and terrible, saying it will ruin a good computing =20 environment. We have an opportunity not to do what they are, =20 throwing the proverbial bathwater out with the baby. And don't =20 forget guys, AIX is still evil, Linux us still a bad hack job, and =20 NetBSD isn't as fast as it should be, so RS/6000s and like peter said =20= Pegasos, Freescale and others are largely in need of a real operating =20= system, not to mention old and useful Macs. I say that now FreeBSD =20 has a unique opportunity to become a market leader in the PPC world, =20 and unless the whole universe has gone topsy-turvy that would be a =20 Good Thing=E2=84=A2. Just my $.02 - - -James On Jun 7, 2005, at 5:17 AM, peterg@ptree32.com.au wrote: >> Any thoughts on Apple's announcement that they will slowly transition >> to Intel processors and thus phase out PowerPC? Does IBM's "Power" >> (power.org) initiative yield a viable target in light of many of us >> hardware donors being unable to afford any to donate? >> >> > > My initial reason for working on FreeBSD/PPC was to support > embedded CPUs such as the Freescale PowerQUICC. The Apple > announcement means that decent same-architecture hosts will > be more scarce in the future, but that doesn't change my primary > goal :) > > The IBM 970-based blade server could be a viable platform, as > could PSIII/xbox360/gcube revolution :) PowerPC has a bright > future I think. > > later, > > Peter. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFCpbzjYmikI9wxyGwRAs7uAJ0WlGuFAuKS5dB4RdLdZ42qWI9LSgCfUrm3 lcVgcCXsXiRjwBAQRnx0ZbM=3D =3Do6XL - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFCpbzpYmikI9wxyGwRAreHAJ9qy0jfAcs6yryiog9qU1FuXmC4VQCfTau3 c8UrYSa9xThfIHK0dV/jnVs=3D =3DToav -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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