On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 02:00:50 -0700 (PDT), "Anon Y. Mous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi: > > Now that SGI has declared bankruptcy, what is the >future of mips64 hardware support under >OpenBSD-CURRENT? > > Also, since Apple has switched to Intel effective >2006, >what is the future of ppc970 (and ppc970MP) hardware >support under CURRENT? > > >Thanks, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have not found any solid announcement that SGI is pushing up flowers but by their stock price, things are obviously not going that well for them. Short term, both situations are good for the project since they reduce resale value of equipment. If you think Apple hardware is over priced, you obviously have never looked at SGI pricing. Used hardware from both companies tends to hold resale value far better than the typical commodity hardware. When you have to outfit a couple dozen open source developers with needed hardware, things can get real expensive. Long term (i.e. in a number of years), it's bad for both the project and market in general since it will mean less diversity in architectures. Companies are just not investing in new processor and supporting architecture design like they once did. Too many "Good Ideas" (tm) have been patented to death to prevent competition and new market entrance. JCR -- A: Because idiots do not know how to configure their email programs. Q: How does top-posting happen? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
