Processors by ibm so what do Sun want?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/32219.html
I can't see IBM being overly impressed if Apple were to jump into bed with Sun but it would make the mid range unix market interesting ....
I can't see IBM being overly impressed if Apple were to jump into bed with Sun but it would make the mid range unix market interesting ....
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As for IBM... IBM itself uses Intel Itanium2 (IA-64), Intel x86, and has plans AMD Opteron (x86-64). Why would they care about Sun latching onto Apple? They wouldn't be losing PPC sales, unless you think Apple's going to start using UltraSPARC III/i, IV, and V chips... If anything, it would probably put PPC into Sun's forward strategy.
EDIT: Also, Sun also uses both Intel CPUs in its low-end server/workstations and AMD mobile Athlon XPs in its x86 server blades, so adding PPC into the mix isn't entirely out of the question for them. Sun's message to its customers is this...you shouldn't care what brands of components may reside in your hardware, only that it works.
Perhaps PPC should be back on Sun's roadmap.
Keep in mind Sun and Apple were partners for a short time, just after the takeover. Sun, however, killed their OpenStep on Solaris project, and ended the partnership.
Now I guess they should have banned me rather than just shut off posting priviledges, because kickaha and Amorph definitely aren't going to like being called to task when they thought they had it all ignored *cough* *cough* I mean under control. Just a couple o' tools.
Don't worry, as soon as my work resetting my posts is done I'll disappear forever.