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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:30657 comp.sys.intel:26972 comp.os.misc:3584 comp.unix.bsd:15732 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7888 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8932 comp.unix.misc:15264 comp.os.linux.development:21745 comp.os.linux.misc:32363 comp.os.linux.misc:32364 comp.os.386bsd.development:2907 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4550 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!news.clark.edu!sun.lclark.edu!news.reed.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!fastrac.llnl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!fnalv1.fnal.gov!MORPHIS From: morphis@fnalv1.fnal.gov 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: 22 Dec 1994 22:40:30 GMT Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3dcv8u$cbp@fnnews.fnal.gov> References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <3cphs0$l6e@ddi2.digital.net> <D0v8yu.LLx@indirect.com>,<3d6p7d$1cl@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> Reply-To: morphis@fnalv1.fnal.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: fnalv1.fnal.gov mbundy@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Michael Bundy) writes: >Have any of you noticed how the other CPU manufacturers have stayed silent >during all of this? Ever wonder why? Could they have bugs in their >processors too? Doesn't this seem like the perfect time for the PowerPC >folks to really turn up the heat? I cannot imagine why they would not... >Could PowerPC have bugs? How about MIPS? Alpha maybe? Since Alpha is built buy Digital and Digital makes big bucks selling Pentiums... Robert Morphis >Michael B. Bundy mbundy@neosoft.com