Slashdot: Ask Slashdot: The Silent Kernel Platform War?

Feb 13, 2001, 18:28 (2 Talkback[s])

"My question really comes down to this: Is the linux kernel forking away from PowerPPC? Is this happening because of issues regarding OS X and the possibility of many users jumping ship, away from LinuxPPC upon release? Or is this some kind of quiet platform war from the major kernel developers?"

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