From: "Rick Ewing" <rick@ewing.org>
To: someguy <someguy@rakis.net>, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: IBM providing Linux for RS6000
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:19:57 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <36CCCA4D.674C653F@ewing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 199902182152.QAA20060@ns2.gis.net
Published reports already say that IBM has been talking to the LinuxPPC guys
for a little while and will likely use their product for a demo an upcoming
trade show. For IBM, if these guys are producing a good port, why reinvent
the wheel on an OS with little revenue potential? (In IBM's terms of dollars)
Rick Ewing
someguy wrote:
> >Will the fact that IBM is going to be providing it's own version going to
> >have any effects on the linuxppc development efforts?
> >
> >If so, will it be positive or negative?
>
> I thought IBM talked to J. Haas about getting LinuxPPC on the IBMs?
>
> justin
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-02-19 2:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-18 21:51 IBM providing Linux for RS6000 someguy
1999-02-18 3:22 ` sean o'malley
1999-02-19 17:18 ` RedHat ppc dist. [was: IBM providing Linux for RS6000] Gedanken
1999-02-19 2:19 ` Rick Ewing [this message]
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1999-02-18 19:26 IBM providing Linux for RS6000 Greg Stovall
1999-02-18 20:50 ` David Edelsohn
1999-02-19 1:11 ` Jason Haas
1999-02-19 3:25 ` Cort Dougan
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