I would like to point out this article on the IBM sell by Robert X:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20041209.html
This is the part that excites me:
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In short, this is the end of the line for IBM's marriage with Intel. Sure, they'll continue to sell boxes containing Intel (and perhaps AMD) processors, but the historic link is severed, with the result that IBM will be able to compete with impunity using its PowerPC and Power5 processors.
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I'm really excited about the idea of IBM getting more involved in pushing PowerPC chips. My big hope is that they roll out some "consumer / retail" grade PPC boxes. That is, fairly generic boxes, with an open design, that will take industry standard components (memory, expansion cards, etc.) but with a Power CPU, in something like an ATX form-factor.
TTYL,
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