We are negotiating with a potential sponsor now. The problem has always been that it is not IBM. Others wonder what IBM is doing with the 970 if IBM is not interested in it enough to do something meaningful with it themselves. Case in point:
http://bbrv.blogspot.com/2007/02/open-client.html
VMware does not run on Power, but it is one of the "hottest" things being promoted today. It is all very frustrating. It would be easier if IBM was ten different companies. Then all the conflicting messaging in the market would be easier to manage. In the meanwhile, we work famously with parts of IBM and struggle with others.
This week's "open client" buzz is another good example. Freescale has the world's most capable networked client desktop processor for the price/performance in the 5200B. It is POWER. You would think this would be creating some excitement in Power.org, but it did not. Software Applications TSC? No thank you, we were told.
Some folks get it; others do not. The only way to prevail is to take it to the market and prove it. So, that is what we are doing. Let's see what happens. We will keep you posted here on Power Developer.
R&B :)
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