Ok, I was going to stay out of this thread but I got dragged into it. (why was my name mentioned anyway???)
Firstly, Theo had a Pegasos 2 for a couple of weeks. When bPlan updated the firmware there were problems with the Openbsd build (which was working fine on Peg1 and peg2 OF 1.0) This would have been a quick matter for Theo to work around but he decided not to do so, making a stance that he wouldnt work on "closed hardware"
One of the most exciting features of the Pegasos2 is the onboard Gige. This is much better and faster than pci gige. The unfortunate thing is that Genesi has NDAs with Marvell. ATM Genesi/bplan has the only full PPC computer in the world running with that bridge, so combined with the Marvell NDA it could be considered IP.
AFAIK they could not release the full documentation of the Northbridge to Theo due to a varity of legal and business decisions. This obviously was unacceptable to the OpenBSD devs, because they want everything totally "open" Its the classic argument of Closed Source vs Open Source.
Genesi in fact was excited to work with Theo and the OpenBSD guys but could not at that time give out that information. Even though Theo is a well known coding figure, his "antics" are known to alot of people in the industry. If he had exhibited a little more patience he may have had a better relationship with Genesi. As it was they promoted OpenBSD to many industrial clients and at trade shows.
Anyone who is running a Pegasos2 will tell you its very stable and works well. I have been running a Pegasos 2 G4 with the 2.6.4 PPC Linux kernel and Debian with KDE 3.2.1 and Gnome 2.4.2 and it hasnt crashed once. I've had uptime of over 10 days. Since moving away from Articia the Pegasos is now an industrial class piece of hardware.
MorphOS makes strides daily and more native PPC programs are coded and/or ported all the time. The community is growing rapidly and the expectations are high. If you look into Theo's record of problems with companies, and yes even his own fellow developers you will see some scope on this. I do not know this individual but will give him the respect that he is an elite coder. However, his politics and attitude are questionable to some.
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