Apple switches to Intel architecture, YDL sticks with PPC

[kamika]

Hey

so what do you think about the news on Apple and Intel.

I found a statement of Kai Staats:

Yellow Dog Linux Enthusiasts,

I apologize for the delay in responding to the news concerning Apple's switch
to Intel. I am in Barcelona, Spain for the IBM power.org conference, and was
just settling into my hotel when I received calls from my associates back
home. I have required a few hours to review email and websites before
offering this brief communication.

Three main points:
1) We remain a Linux development company with 100% focus on the Power
Architecture (IBM, Freescale). We will not transition to support an x86/ia64
architecture.

2) Terra Soft remains in good standing with Apple. Their announcement does not
immediately affect our ability to sell nor support Apple PowerPC hardware.
Nor does it affect our ability to support non-Apple Power Architecture
offerings. Things are already in motion to enable a world of greater Power
Architecture diversity.

3) Based upon feeback to today's news, we expect Y-HPC to gain an even greater
userbase with existing Apple Xserve users. Y-HPC offers a Linux OS to help
bridge x86/ia64 and PowerPC clusters, reducing effort in code migration and
administration.

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I and my team appreciate the email we received today. I ask only that you
grant us the time to work with our industry associates both here at the
conference and in the States before responding in full.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Sincerely,
Kai Staats, CEO
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.

[StarKnight83]

I personally am undecided on it. If apple continues w/ its excellent hardware that they always seem to put out (at least the ibooks that i have) then while I am disappointed in the switch dont believe i will buy anything else. If they use Intel's standards then im running to a hp or alienware athlon64 laptop as fast as my wallet will let me

Basically if the hardware maintains its quality (as well as batt. life and size) and they use one of the new intel procs w/ em64t Ill be more then happy to try one

P.S. I will always run YDL on my ppc apples as long as its around

[Fei's Nik]

I wonder, has anyone changed their minds on this between last year and now?

[StarKnight83]

well theyre finally going to the core 2 duo's here soon (i hope) and will most likely buy a macbook (pro?) cause you cant beat 4mbit cashe and emt 64 extensions now this ibook g4 will continue to run the latest YDL and if terrasoft ever manages to make a partnership w/ a manufacture for ppc based mobiles id give it some real thought

[onefang]

Apple switched to Intel, Microsoft using PPC for their games console, and now I'm buying a PS3 game console to us as a workstation. Interesting times.