That kind of stinks.
With the new e6500 core Qorlq processors and their abundance of cores, this could get really neat.
How is it that there are proposals to do an ARM port, but not a port to a platform that is more closely associated with BeOS?
After all, other then X86, I can't think of any other BeOS ISA.
IMHO, it's because they're developing an OS, not custom hardware, and quite frankly, why would you?
Doing x86 is a good way to add to your developer and user base. ARM is hot right now so getting those developers and users is a plus.
Most users upgraded from their PPC Macs and don't intend to go back to lesser machines. To most of the world they're relics like 486's, a curiosity from the days of dial-up.
Current and presumably future PPC designs are 99% crippled embedded devices or undocumented hardware like consoles that have to be hacked to be useful. The other 1% are largely being used by us.
I can't really fault their plans and it seems to be working exceptionally well.
