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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:29953 comp.sys.intel:25452 comp.os.misc:3526 comp.unix.bsd:15647 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7809 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8858 comp.unix.misc:15137 comp.os.linux.development:21454 comp.os.linux.misc:31980 comp.os.linux.misc:31981 comp.os.386bsd.development:2846 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4476 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!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <D0v8yu.LLx@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (System Operator) Organization: the Briney (notso) Deep Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 19:04:05 GMT References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3cit0i$mjf@tut.msstate.edu> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <3cphs0$l6e@ddi2.digital.net> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2.1 [BP] PL2.1] Lines: 22 Monty H. Brekke (brekke@dopey.me.iastate.edu) wrote: > few months, and was thinking of getting a Pentium. However, I have a > serious problem with Intel's current attitude and would really like to Jim Wallace (hisself@digital.net) wrote: : Ah ha, IBM's ploy is working. I tend to think it is more the media's : version of Intel's attitude, rather than Intel's attitude. : : BTW, I have NO financial interest in Intel (damn it), I just think that : they are getting a raw deal. 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. Remember back to the "double Sigma" 386 chips? My brother got nailed on that one - bought an $8000 Everex machine to run ISC UNIX, only to find that it wouldn't run due to a flawed single-Sigma 386 chip. Intel IMHO has always felt that the unwashed masses are too stupid to notice their lack of quality and attention to detail. Wes Peters