I agree the reason becomes less compelling as more capable systems become more commonplace, but I do not agree ancient RISC boxes are no longer an interesting target for current NTP builds.
The machine I use (and many of us, too) has a MIPS-like chip, the Loongson. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/