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  From: Mike Andrew <mikero@norfolk.nf>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:04:50 +1130

Re: More space required

From: Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
> > It really requires the PPC in the Wintel market. If an oportunity were
> > presented to use say an Alpha Chip with PCI BUS, and SCSI interface, and
> > priced at Desktop prices, linux could actually be a winner here.
>
> The volume manufacture of "Wintel" products kinda prevents anyone from
> manufacturing a board like that at "Desktop" prices.  It's going to

aah. This is where Linux comes in. It is agnostic to the hardware
architecture. That, is built into the code. Yes, all of us are focussed on
the PC end of the kernel, but the means exist, and in fact are used, to use
Linux on radically different architecture. This is the 'killer app' of this
decade, when the numbers game increases (as it is doing), it wont take long
for new architecture to be applied to Linux only operating systems (all
right Unixes too if they keep up). That ain't gonna happen tomorrow morning,
but within 5 years? No trouble at all. Watch the screams then from those who
weren't watching where the implications of Linux are really heading.

In short, we aint seen nuthin yet.

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