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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:29722 comp.sys.intel:24829 comp.os.misc:3516 comp.unix.bsd:15612 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7780 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8843 comp.unix.misc:15100 comp.os.linux.development:21312 comp.os.linux.misc:31802 comp.os.linux.misc:31803 comp.os.386bsd.development:2831 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4445 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!emory!news.cc.emory.edu!NewsWatcher!user From: tyoungb@unix.cc.emory.edu (T.R. Youngblood) 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? Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 12:53:19 -0500 Organization: Emory University Lines: 22 Message-ID: <tyoungb-1612941253190001@128.140.174.17> References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3cit0i$mjf@tut.msstate.edu> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <3cphs0$l6e@ddi2.digital.net> <D0v8yu.LLx@indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tyoungb-sl.cc.emory.edu In article <D0v8yu.LLx@indirect.com>, wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) 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. 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. Intel didn't realize that the previous (3 major ones) bugs in their chips were not as fundemental as this 4th blunder. The general public will stare at you numbly when you speak of reverse lookup, caching, etc. bugs. Tell them it won't divide, even rarely, and they will storm the castle. t.r. youngblood u.s.s. marathon this space is filled so I don't get that damn error message from my anal newsserver..... ..........wasting............bandwidth.............in....the.....name.........of......bureaucracy.....