Well personally I don't think the matter concern me since I don't handle any server. But I would love to use power8 PC as a desktop or laptop with OpenBSD. (If that becomes a possibility in the future) The main reason is security. I don't trust Intel close source firmware etc
On Oct 18, 2016 7:35 PM, Mikael <mikael.ml...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I asked IBM to donate 4-10 Power8 servers to the OpenBSD Foundation, for > adding support for this arch. After 6 months this got all the way to their > Director of the Power(8) Ecosystem & Alliances, that is the highest > executive for the whole arch. Just right now, she's asking for a motivation > for IBM to donate - she asks: > > > "It would be helpful to know where you are seeing requests for OpenBSD on > Power and what applications on top of OpenBSD are being requested. We have > not seen any requests as of yet from our target clients. " > > > Can you please collect answers to this question and post them here in this > thread, or PM them to me. I'll forward your responses and they'll decide > whether to donate Power8 devices to OpenBSD, based on them. > > ** Please tell the next 6-7 days! > > Thanks! > Mikael
