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From: stormy@Rain.MsState.EDU (Stormy Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Date: 13 Dec 1994 01:22:26 GMT
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Stephen C. Camp writes:
Are you interested / would you purchase a PowerPC system if you could
run Linux / NetBSD on it?
Well, with the problems Intel is having with honesty, I'm not particularly
interested in purchasing anything else they have to offer, so yes, I am
looking at the PowerPC systems.
I've heard they're faster anyway, this true?
Be happy...
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-- Stormy Sebastian Henderson ----------- As always, working on his --
---- Stormy@Mail.Mother.COM ------------- operating system, StormOS --
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