[rescue] The end of alpha

[Joshua D. Boyd]

For awhile, AIM agreed that all PPCs should be compatible.  However, IBM
and Motorola have since gone their seperate ways (witness Altivec).  I
believe that both of them control it equally, so any compatibility is just
legacy and concensus.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Hatle, Steven J. wrote:

> Hmm.  .  .
> 
> Intel bought ARM.
> Intel buys Alpha.
> Motorola is bleeding money.  .  .
> 
> How much of PPC does IBM still control?
> 
> 
> > blithering idiots who have NO FUCKING IDEA how to design high-speed
> > processors.
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