future of PPC

[Larry Cafiero]

That may be, Peter. The point that seems to be lost in this discussion is
that Apple hardware, unlike the flimsy hardware of other manufacturers (and
go ahead and flame me, but it's true), tends to work -- even Lincoln's
"sputtering Clamshell" (hey, if it's too "sputtering" for you, I'll take it
off your hands . . . ) will outlast any Wintel-based laptop of the same age,
assuming that he uses it normally.

With this hardware still working -- maybe not with all the flashy bells and
whistles that are coming down the pike -- it seems criminal to just dump a
dependable, working hardware just because you can't access YouTube (yet). So
again, in my opinion, someone -- TerraSoft, since it has a history with
Macs, especially -- has an opportunity to take the reins here and keep a
slew of PowerBook G3s and G3 desktops running for years to come on
GNU/Linux.

Lincoln makes some poignant, albeit misguided, observations. I do remember
the 680x0 to PPC migration, Lincoln, and I do remember that Apple, for the
longest time (to an extent, even today) had support for the 68k machines.
The second coming of Steve Jobs in the latter part of the '90s, which
ushered in a degree of "success" for the platform where previously Mac users
were essentially circling the wagons, also ushered in a corporate mindset
where hardware sales were of paramount importance. It wasn't always that
way, Lincoln, I'm sorry to inform you -- Apple was never "notorious for
leaving customers with 3-month-old outdated machines," as you say; the truth
is that it has been quite the opposite at Apple regarding support. At least
not until now with Leopard, which I understand is no longer supposed to work
with non-Intel based Macs.

Larry Cafiero

On 4/30/07, PeterH5322 <peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com> wrote:
>
>
> >So to paraphrase Mark Twain, "Reports of the PPC's demise are somewhat
> >premature."
>
> There is still LOTS of PPC activity, including new design-ins, although
> perhaps not in consumer goods.
>
> For mission critical applications, such as medical instruments, there are
> distros from others which are certified for those applications.
>
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