On 17 Jan 2007 22:26:52 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Sipples) wrote: >Re: "Anyone can build a hardware box to run Windows," well, yes, but you >must go to Intel or AMD for the chip. So you have a duopoly -- AMD argues >a monopoly -- on the component that matters. But software is far more >meaningful when talking about openness. I fail to see how anybody could >reasonably describe a Windows PC server as "open" and a System z running >Linux as not open. It's just plain deceptive. Same goes for HP-UX on >Itanium.
Whereas you can run Mac software with three different chip architectures - not a good definition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
