Le 30/08/2019 à 23:43, Bruce Perens via Dng a écrit :
RISC-V is changing a lot of things. PowerPC doesn't have much value
any longer. IBM will be fine without it. I wouldn't capitalize ARM
right now.
Yes. With the PPC, they have been pioneers in the RISC technology
and they might well ha
RISC-V is changing a lot of things. PowerPC doesn't have much value any
longer. IBM will be fine without it. I wouldn't capitalize ARM right now.
Disclaimer: Since I am part running a venture fund these days, SEC won't
let me say what I'm actually invested in to you lowly non-accredited
investors,
Didier Kryn wrote:
> Therefore it means IBM doesn't care anymore in PowerPc arch ... That's what I
> fear, actually.
I don't think it means that. It's clear that PowerPC is stuck as a niche
architecture. The only way out of that is to get lots of people using it - and
making it freely availab
On 8/30/19 8:51 AM, Didier Kryn wrote:
>
> On the other hand, IBM's buziness is to sale computers and chips,
> not an OS, and it has been supporting linux for long, because it helps
> saling computers.
IBM sells OS too.. in the past i've worked with the boring OS/400 for
as/400 machines (als
Linux gets a mention, so somewhat relevant but sending OT anyway.
Thought it was a great read.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/08/unix-at-50-it-starts-with-a-mainframe-a-gator-and-three-dedicated-researchers/
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