Another article on the Inquirer mentioned that MS wants to include a .NET chip that would run .NET bytecode natively. They aim to cut out Intel, by partnering with IBM in its construction. How the G5 series plays in this I don't know. It doesn't make that much sense.
I bring this up because somebody in another post recently argued that Tao or Amiga should release an Intent Engine chip that runs the bytecode natively.
Fleecy rejected the idea recently in one of his answers and most of the comments in the thread were unsupportive also. Somebody also said that Tao rejected idea as that would compromise the whole purpose of their run-anywhere system.
Incidentally, Sun tried the same thing I believe with their Java desktop machine quite a while back, which contained a java chip, which flopped.
The link to the article is here.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=2864It may be a rumour, but it would prove an interesting ploy to move people to Microsoft hardware next.
