Subject: Re: G3 optimization question...
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 12:30:52 MDT
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 christopher.murtagh@mcgill.ca wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Dan Burcaw wrote:
> >I've VERY skeptical. I'd like to see some numbers. History has shown
> >that the toolchain (gcc, glibc, etc.) is very un-tuned for the PowerPC
> >platform. I think Mandrake is just trying to do the same marketing stuff
> >they did when they came out for x86.
>
> But, hey, I'm glad to see another Intel distribution supporting PPCs. It
> adds credibility to the platform... plus it makes you guys at Terra Soft
> work harder. ;-) (just kidding).
>
> I do run Mandrake in Intel, but I'll be sticking with YDL for PPC.... for
> now anyway. ;-) (man, I just crack myself up)
Well, I'd generally agree with you. Except that this market is tiny.
How many distributions can really survive with this many choices?
Plus, there at least two of us (LinuxPPC and YDL) that
are PowerPC only. We MUST survive on this platform as this is
all we do.
--Regards, Dan Burcaw Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
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