On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 01:27:45PM -0500, Aria Bamdad wrote: > It basically says that if you want to stay > current, you better be able to afford to buy > a new processor. Why does it have to be like this?
The short answer is because IBM is _not_ a non-profit corporation. The longer answer involves the costs to IBM of supporting older platforms versus the income those platforms generate. Or was the question retorical? -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.'" --from _Nightfall_ by Asimov/Silverberg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
