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Re: Genesi selects IBM PowerPC for Performance-intensive Peg
« on: December 04, 2003, 07:53:37 PM »
@CD32Freak

This isn't about a new motherboard.  Sorry for that impression.  This is about a professional level network security solution using the Pegasos.

Click here to actually read about it
 

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Re: Genesi selects IBM PowerPC for Performance-intensive Peg
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2003, 08:55:59 PM »
It's not naive, it's true.

PowerPC processors are just that little bit harder to produce exploits on than x86 processors. You have to do a LOT of legwork that x86 does for you.

There are some nice articles about this on the internet by a guy named Chris Shepherd. It's all very technical and all very true.

Granted, PowerPC isn't 100% unhackable, but.. it's not AS hackable and therefore MORE secure.

Running OpenBSD, most of those hackable bits are intrinsically protected and checked anyway, so the software backs up already superior hardware.

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Re: Genesi selects IBM PowerPC for Performance-intensive Peg
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2003, 04:30:55 PM »
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You say they have gone mainly to developers, BBRV say they have been supporting the hobbyist community.


To be quite blunt, most of the hobbyist community ARE developers.   While VERY talented, the Amiga community doesn't have any developers left which would not be classified as hobbyists.  After all, none of the developers, including Nova Design is able to make a real living off of Amiga software.  

Remember very clearly however that the community that we are discussing isn't necessarily just the Amiga community.  I can state unequivocably that there have been over a thousand sold, most are in the hands of real users which happen to be developers as well.  

In regards to the community support issue, we have spent a GREAT deal of time, sweat, and money over the last year or so supporting this community (and others).  See the events calendar at http://pegasosppc.com/community.php if you care to doubt that fact.  

In fact, the amount of attention and support that Genesi is giving this community (and others) by FAR outweighs any other prospects at the moment, so in my mind, your argument regarding community support is a bit of denial.

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Re: Genesi selects IBM PowerPC for Performance-intensive Peg
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2003, 06:13:42 PM »
That's ok.  I for some reason thought that you were not an idiot.  Shows what I know.