That may be, Peter. The point that seems to be lost in this discussion is that Apple hardware, unlike the flimsy hardware of other manufacturers (and go ahead and flame me, but it's true), tends to work -- even Lincoln's "sputtering Clamshell" (hey, if it's too "sputtering" for you, I'll take it off your hands . . . ) will outlast any Wintel-based laptop of the same age, assuming that he uses it normally.
With this hardware still working -- maybe not with all the flashy bells and whistles that are coming down the pike -- it seems criminal to just dump a dependable, working hardware just because you can't access YouTube (yet). So again, in my opinion, someone -- TerraSoft, since it has a history with Macs, especially -- has an opportunity to take the reins here and keep a slew of PowerBook G3s and G3 desktops running for years to come on GNU/Linux. Lincoln makes some poignant, albeit misguided, observations. I do remember the 680x0 to PPC migration, Lincoln, and I do remember that Apple, for the longest time (to an extent, even today) had support for the 68k machines. The second coming of Steve Jobs in the latter part of the '90s, which ushered in a degree of "success" for the platform where previously Mac users were essentially circling the wagons, also ushered in a corporate mindset where hardware sales were of paramount importance. It wasn't always that way, Lincoln, I'm sorry to inform you -- Apple was never "notorious for leaving customers with 3-month-old outdated machines," as you say; the truth is that it has been quite the opposite at Apple regarding support. At least not until now with Leopard, which I understand is no longer supposed to work with non-Intel based Macs. Larry Cafiero On 4/30/07, PeterH5322 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>So to paraphrase Mark Twain, "Reports of the PPC's demise are somewhat >premature." There is still LOTS of PPC activity, including new design-ins, although perhaps not in consumer goods. For mission critical applications, such as medical instruments, there are distros from others which are certified for those applications. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
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