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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:29933 comp.sys.intel:25401 comp.os.misc:3525 comp.unix.bsd:15638 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7807 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8857 comp.unix.misc:15135 comp.os.linux.development:21440 comp.os.linux.misc:31965 comp.os.linux.misc:31966 comp.os.386bsd.development:2843 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4472 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 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!pipex!uunet!mole-end!mat From: mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <1994Dec18.040018.13455@mole-end.matawan.nj.us> Summary: Wrong city Organization: : References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <D0x1u1.Av9@indirect.com> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 04:00:18 GMT Lines: 22 In article <D0x1u1.Av9@indirect.com>, wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) writes: > In article <D0v8yu.LLx@indirect.com>, I wrote: > > I don't see how Intel could deserve such a "raw deal" more. Every > > chip line they've produced in recent history has been dumped onto > > the market with known bugs, simply because they were sure the > > average DOS user wouldn't notice it. > Joseph W. Vigneau (joev@mikasa.WPI.EDU) wrote: > : So, if the average DOS user never becomes a victim of the bug, what harm is > : done? ... > And what if one of those small percentage of users causes your bank > balance to be off? Or drops a satellite into New York City? Well, > OK, that wouldn't be much of a loss... Wrong city. You want the one where Intel is headquartered. Now, where is that .... -- (This man's opinions are his own.) From mole-end Mark Terribile mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us, Somewhere in Matawan, NJ (Training and consulting in C, C++, UNIX, etc.)