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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!europa.clark.net!newsfeed2!torn!news1.bellglobal.com!bellglobal.com!c_chaos From: c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca (Andrew Costa) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: NT doesn't support MIPS anymore [ was Re: Linux or FreeBSD ...] Date: 25 Apr 1997 01:15:11 GMT Organization: Haywire Engineering Lines: 16 Message-ID: <slrn5m01do.lf9.c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <E84Kwp.8ox@nonexistent.com> <3346646b.68448149@news.sprynet.com> <5jfcfq$e63$1@klemm.gtn.com> <5jnv76$1cd$1@dewey.udel.edu> Reply-To: seagull@osiris.isys.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.101.235.205 X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:20568 comp.os.linux.misc:171856 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39696 In article <5jnv76$1cd$1@dewey.udel.edu>, Jerry Alexandratos wrote: >Actually, NT 4.0 does support MIPS and PPC. The support for those >platforms was dropped after the release of NT 4.0. Before we start >trashing MS (well, for this reason anyway, there are, after all, better >reasons to pick on them), keep in mind that one of the deciding factors >behind dropping these platforms was that vendors weren't bothering to >develop drivers since to them (the vendors), these were non-profitable >platforms. Microsoft decided to follow suit. From what I understand, IBM dropped its support for NT on the RS/6000 on its own. In that case, it appears that it was the hw vendor (IBM) telling MS to stick it. I doubt the RS/6000 is unprofitable. There is, after all, a large AIX base, continually growing from what I can see. I think it was a good move on IBM's part, by the way. AIX is a damn good system, designed specifically for RS/6000. NT is, well, NT... ;)