[yellowdog-announce] Concerning YDL and Apple's switch to Intel CPUs: 2005 06/06

[yellowdog-announce at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]

Yellow Dog Linux Enthusiasts,

I apologize for the delay in responding to the news concerning Apple's switch 
to Intel. I am in Barcelona, Spain for the IBM power.org conference, and was 
just settling into my hotel when I received calls from my associates back 
home. I have required a few hours to review email and websites before 
offering this brief communication.

Three main points:
1) We remain a Linux development company with 100% focus on the Power 
Architecture (IBM, Freescale). We will not transition to support an x86/ia64 
architecture.

2) Terra Soft remains in good standing with Apple. Their announcement does not 
immediately affect our ability to sell nor support Apple PowerPC hardware. 
Nor does it affect our ability to support non-Apple Power Architecture 
offerings. Things are already in motion to enable a world of greater Power 
Architecture diversity.

3) Based upon feeback to today's news, we expect Y-HPC to gain an even greater 
userbase with existing Apple Xserve users. Y-HPC offers a Linux OS to help 
bridge x86/ia64 and PowerPC clusters, reducing effort in code migration and 
administration.

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I and my team appreciate the email we received today. I ask only that you 
grant us the time to work with our industry associates both here at the 
conference and in the States before responding in full.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Sincerely,
Kai Staats, CEO
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.