On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 2:23 PM, ken mays <maybird1776 at yahoo.com> wrote: > >Dennis clarke said: > >"However, this project will only be able to succeed > >with a business relationship that supports the > >server centric focus of Solaris..." > > Ok. If we are looking at a "server-based" port then > why shoot for a $7K solution?!? I see we are talking > about three ideas: > > 1. A suitable PowerPC-based 'desktop' hardware > replacement for the Pegasos II ODW. Paying $100-$200 > USD for the Apple PowerMac G4 is possible today. A > little higher for a Mac Mini G4 ($300). Other ideas > are PS3 and PowerPc/POWER-based reference boards by > third-party companies.
Are there any real (even more or less) PPC based desktop products available today ? I mean both PowerMac and ODW became history. With that in mind, what "desktop" hardware are we talking about. I know you one pick up an oldish machines on ebay or something like that, but I do not think this will help us in a long-term. If there is not viable PPC based desktop hardware today, why try to target this segment at all ? > Going back to corporate sponsorship, does this lock us > down to the main sponsor and their hardware? If so, I think it locks us down not more than our previous decision standardize on ODW. After all we enjoyed Genesi' sponsorship for quite some time. > then discussions about the 'other' hardware will > become a moot point very soon?? ;o) And here we are - discussing our 'other' options B-) -- Regards, Cyril
