From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from beaver.sibername.com ([64.15.155.210]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Hw5bW-0004UB-00 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:11:54 -0400 Received: from [24.226.71.27] (helo=tenstac) by beaver.sibername.com with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1Hw5az-0007PL-Sz for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:11:22 -0400 Message-ID: <013b01c7a8a1$11b64f30$ab00a8c0@tenstac> From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070605030234.GB32366@ourhouse.brannan.name><001501c7a71e$1ba45340$0901a8c0@HANDS><20070605031014.GA32497@ourhouse.brannan.name><472CC8C1-1F61-4B21-9F9A-352C11B9E46D@softcon.com><20070605234921.GC26352@gmx.net><20070606195406.GB14562@grml> <012f01c7a89f$b0adb8f0$ab00a8c0@tenstac> Subject: Re: Definitely unslung Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:13:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - beaver.sibername.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - proficio.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:11:54 -0000 I forgot to mention PowerPC. Although well known for Apple it's almost dead in the water in that space, however it will still hold part of the embedded space, smaller PPC processors are also RISC and similar to ARM although ARM is taking over that space rapidly and I wouldn't be surprised if PPC became a thing of the past. On smaller PPC system you have all the same problems like in development on ARM if not more challenging. On larger systems, who will use them if Apple doesn't? Not many. IBM may try to push PPC into new spaces but I don't think they will get very far. -- Doug