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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:30224 comp.sys.intel:26014 comp.os.misc:3545 comp.unix.bsd:15675 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7837 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8880 comp.unix.misc:15184 comp.os.linux.development:21586 comp.os.linux.misc:32137 comp.os.linux.misc:32138 comp.os.386bsd.development:2865 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4500 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!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!rnzll3!sys3.pe1chl!rob From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) Subject: Re: Would the design be right this time? (Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Reply-To: pe1chl@rabo.nl Organization: PE1CHL Message-ID: <D14w7z.6q7@pe1chl.ampr.org> References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <3cqe6o$aog@kaleka.seanet.com> <3crhm2$fm8@tuba.cit.cornell.edu> <D1116s.Jo7@bonkers.taronga.com> <3d5vs5$t3a@news.primenet.com> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 00:04:46 GMT Lines: 23 In <3d5vs5$t3a@news.primenet.com> english@primenet.com (Lawson English) writes: >Peter da Silva (peter@bonkers.taronga.com) wrote: >: In article <3crhm2$fm8@tuba.cit.cornell.edu>, >: S. Lee <sl14@crux4.cit.cornell.edu> wrote: >: >I hate to admit this really sounds like a Mac, but Apple did get their >: >designs right. >: Sorta. So long as they don't follow Apples "document nothing and break >: compatibility on a whim" policy. Otherwise you're not going to get any >: third party software on them. >Could you go into more detail about this policy? Now that there is a comp.os.linux.advocacy, could you please move this pointless discussion to that group? Rob -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rob Janssen | AMPRnet: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org | | e-mail: pe1chl@rabo.nl | AX.25 BBS: PE1CHL@PI8UTR.#UTR.NLD.EU | -------------------------------------------------------------------------