On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote: > > The difference is that IBM is making a PR event out of it and is willing > > to throw a little money at making some relationships with manufacturers, > > > I suppose. Sounds good to me... > > IBM's in it for the money, though, mostly. But that's how IBM's always > been. Oh well, they may not make much money offa me on > boards/processors, but they sure as hell get a good chunk of change from > disks. (I *swear* by IBM DCHS/DCAS/DHFS/DHSD/UltraStar/DeskStar/etc > disks! Only ones I use!)
Of course IBM is in it for the money. They're just like every other corporation, their goal is to make as much as possible. It's not a charity event like not-for-profit corporation. :) > > With LinuxPPC, Inc.'s latest press release, sounds like the production > > of these boards is a done deal. > > Heh. That's what we thought about the K6.. and the K6/2.. and the K6/3.. > or have we all forgotten those production disasters? ;P (Some of us > didn't care, I however, do. The K6/3 has some principles and design > things that would be *NICE* in a PowerPC.) It may be a disaster, it may > not be.. all we can do is wait and see. Silicon yield is quite a bit different from producing a board in a proven form factor with a bunch of off-the-shelf parts. -- Matt Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
