From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from web33102.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web33102.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.69.132]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25CCFB7B85 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:11:57 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <546004.45282.qm@web33102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:45:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Chris \"Bigguy\"" Subject: Re: Market research for new PowerPC system To: Konstantinos Margaritis , Chris Friesen In-Reply-To: <4AC14047.30501@nortel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, opensuse-ppc@opensuse.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Speaking for myself, and I'm a small-time consultant to the local Small-Off= ice Home-Office market, I would wholeheartedly welcome the arrival to the m= arket of a PowerPC/Power motherboard. I would commission local builders to= create servers and desktops that would have that one extra layer of protec= tion from malware.=0A=0AI believe it would also give developers a platform = to hone their skills on a native platform for the embedded market.=0A=0AI w= holeheartedly endorse the creation of a PowerPC/POWER motherboard. I'll be= one of the first customers.=0A=0AAll my best - Chris Reich; Rochester, New= York=0A=0A=0A=0A--- On Mon, 9/28/09, Chris Friesen w= rote:=0A=0A> From: Chris Friesen =0A> Subject: Re: Mar= ket research for new PowerPC system=0A> To: "Konstantinos Margaritis" =0A> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, debian-powerpc@lists.de= bian.org, opensuse-ppc@opensuse.org=0A> Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 7= :01 PM=0A> On 09/26/2009 05:38 AM, Konstantinos=0A> Margaritis wrote:=0A> = =0A> > I'm considering funding the design & production of=0A> a new PowerPC= =A0 =0A> > system (well, the motherboard, the rest are typical pc=0A> stuff= and a=A0 =0A> > case).=0A> =0A> It might be interesting as a low-power sys= tem.=A0 For a=0A> development box,=0A> this looks more interesting:=0A> =0A= > http://www.fixstars.com/en/products/powerstation/specs.html=0A> =0A> $125= 0 USD gets you two dual-core 2.5GHz 970MP chips.=0A> =0A> Chris=0A> =0A> = =0A> -- =0A> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-REQUEST@lists.debian.o= rg=0A> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.d= ebian.org=0A> =0A>