Re: [flalug] The Mac-Intel Computer

From: Mike Fisher (mlf@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jun 07 2005 - 15:11:50 EDT


smitty wrote:

> I've seen comments that this will hurt Linux. I would agree with that
> on the laptop and desktop, but not significantly in the server market.
> I do see this as the beginning of the end of FreeBSD. There will be
> less justification for its development now.

I think a lot of the speculation is based on the rash assumption that
Intel-Mac architecture = Intel-PC architecture. If that were the case,
Apple would effectively be giving away it's hardware business to the PC
hardware makers. I've not seen any indication of that yet. Having a
x86 at it's heart doesn't necessarily make a machine a PC.

Mike



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