I was looking at Catia too, and I really like the RS/6000 workstations, but I'm a student and can't afford them right now. Although a Linux/x86 and Linux/ppc64 port sounds great, how much would this software cost for a student?
I agree. With the progress of artificial intelligence, it won't be too many years before everything is open source, whether the software's creators want it to be or not. Besides, who ever said war was unethical;-). Abide by the laws you think are right and not by those you think are wrong.
The unfortunate matter is that Nvidia's OpenGL drivers aren't GPL, however it would help the practicallity of a Linux/PPC Desktop if Nvidia would simply compile their drivers for PPC (this wouldn't take very long at all). This would also allow new Macs with LinuxPPC to utilize their Nvidia GPU.
Its obvious by now that Linux is very good for "big iron" and embedded projects. It was IBM who has put Linux on its smallest platform ( a wristwatch) and the world's second largest super computer (largest commercial).
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Linux + Power4 would Rock, especially if you could get it less than $10,000.
I was looking at Catia too, and I really like the RS/6000 workstations, but I'm a student and can't afford them right now. Although a Linux/x86 and Linux/ppc64 port sounds great, how much would this software cost for a student?
I agree. With the progress of artificial intelligence, it won't be too many years before everything is open source, whether the software's creators want it to be or not. Besides, who ever said war was unethical ;-). Abide by the laws you think are right and not by those you think are wrong.
Will there be *NIX support via CD-Record?
The unfortunate matter is that Nvidia's OpenGL drivers aren't GPL, however it would help the practicallity of a Linux/PPC Desktop if Nvidia would simply compile their drivers for PPC (this wouldn't take very long at all). This would also allow new Macs with LinuxPPC to utilize their Nvidia GPU.
Its obvious by now that Linux is very good for "big iron" and embedded projects. It was IBM who has put Linux on its smallest platform ( a wristwatch) and the world's second largest super computer (largest commercial).