Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 16:26:52 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@pmr.com> To: pechter@lakewood.com Cc: chat list <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Conclusion to "NT vs. Unix" debate Message-ID: <19970903162652.21248@pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <199709032032.QAA05960@i4got.lakewood.com>; from Bill Pechter on Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 04:32:53PM -0400 References: <19970903112429.34614@pmr.com> <199709032032.QAA05960@i4got.lakewood.com>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 04:32:53PM -0400, Bill Pechter wrote: > > I had the "opportunity" to run NT on some PPC systems while still at IBM > > and I have to say I didn't like it any more on those systems than I do > > on Intel systems. > > > > -- > > Bob Willcox Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread > > bob@luke.pmr.com to determine which side it is buttered on. > > Austin, TX -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" > > > > Geez, Bob... why not a CHEAP AIX pc... Well, we did run AIX on it (I was a member of the 6 person team that did the port of AIX 4.1 to the first PPC) and they still do, its just not called a PC and is marketed as a workstation instead (i.e., different channels and higher margins). There was also Solaris running on it for awhile. From my point of view at the time it seemed apparent that politics were a major problem with IBM's attempts to get PPC into the PC market. With the demise of the PPS (Power Personal Systems) division so went all hopes of a PPC based PC from IBM. :-( > > Actually, I wish they would've done a real nice OS/2 and Warp Server for > the PPC. More politics, of course. The OS/2 on PPC debacle (Mach 3.0 microkernel based, aka Workplace OS) in my opinion had alot to do with the failure of PPS. Without OS/2 running on the PPCs (only AIX, Solaris, & NT at the time), IBM refused to market them into the PC channels. Consequently, PPS had no products to sell and they failed to make their business plan -- they were history. Note that all of this is just my opinion. I certainly don't speak for IBM...never did. -- Bob Willcox Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread bob@luke.pmr.com to determine which side it is buttered on. Austin, TX -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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