Re: Market research for new PowerPC system
From: Chris "Bigguy" <hidden>
Date: 2009-09-29 04:11:57
Speaking for myself, and I'm a small-time consultant to the local Small-Off= ice Home-Office market, I would wholeheartedly welcome the arrival to the m= arket of a PowerPC/Power motherboard. I would commission local builders to= create servers and desktops that would have that one extra layer of protec= tion from malware.=0A=0AI believe it would also give developers a platform = to hone their skills on a native platform for the embedded market.=0A=0AI w= holeheartedly endorse the creation of a PowerPC/POWER motherboard. I'll be= one of the first customers.=0A=0AAll my best - Chris Reich; Rochester, New= York=0A=0A=0A=0A--- On Mon, 9/28/09, Chris Friesen [off-list ref] w= rote:=0A=0A> From: Chris Friesen [off-list ref]=0A> Subject: Re: Mar= ket research for new PowerPC system=0A> To: "Konstantinos Margaritis" <mark= os@codex.gr>=0A> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, debian-powerpc@lists.de= bian.org, opensuse-ppc@opensuse.org=0A> Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 7= :01 PM=0A> On 09/26/2009 05:38 AM, Konstantinos=0A> Margaritis wrote:=0A> = =0A> > I'm considering funding the design & production of=0A> a new PowerPC= =A0 =0A> > system (well, the motherboard, the rest are typical pc=0A> stuff= and a=A0 =0A> > case).=0A> =0A> It might be interesting as a low-power sys= tem.=A0 For a=0A> development box,=0A> this looks more interesting:=0A> =0A=
http://www.fixstars.com/en/products/powerstation/specs.html=0A> =0A> $125=
0 USD gets you two dual-core 2.5GHz 970MP chips.=0A> =0A> Chris=0A> =0A> = =0A> -- =0A> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-REQUEST@lists.debian.o= rg=0A> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.d= ebian.org=0A> =0A>