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GreyCloud <mist@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mark Kent wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>PowerPC gains unified ISA, common spec for Linux designs
>>>
>>>,----[ Quote ]
>>>| IBM, Freescale, and other Power Architecture Advisory Council (PAAC)
>>>| members plan to release a new "unified" Power instruction set architecture
>>>| (ISA) this quarter. Meanwhile, Power.org has released a new branding
>>>| program, and plans to ship a new "platform architecture specification"
>>>| aimed at simpler Linux-based reference designs.
>>>`----
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2857519384.html
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>>
>> Could this be the machine that the latest Mac should have been?
>>
>
> Yes. I'm sure of it. But there was a bone of contention between IBMs
> server line and Apples server line using the G5. IBM didn't want that
> kind of competition, so they crippled the bandwidth of the G5s they sold
> to Apple.
>
Now that is a fascinating remark - can you back this up in any way?
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