[haiku] Re: Fwd: Re: Introducing Myself

Yeah I actually have a PS3, and dont get me wrong I have always think that
PPC is superior than X86 but I have always seen BeOS/ Haiku as more desktop
worthy than embedded. Besides, gaming consoles make a big leap in hardware
every iteration than desktop architectures so it would be harder to keep up.

2008/11/29 André Braga <meianoite@xxxxxxxxx>

> Em 29/11/2008, às 17:00, "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> escreveu:
> >> Yeah I was thinking about it but I wonder if it actually worth it? I
> >> mean
> >> PPC on the desktop is pretty much dead except for a few machines that
> >> keep
> >> running like mine. What does the Haiku leader......!!!!!!!Zultan.....
> >> think
> >> about that?
>
> Let's not forget the current consumer appliances that sport PPC
> processors, like the PS3, Xbox360 and of course the Wii. Haiku on the
> Wii/on a TV set makes a lot of sense: no-nonsense and very responsive
> GUI, small form factor, low power consumption. I myself am willing to
> dive a little into it as I keep sorting my (about to hit Legendary(R)
> status) mess of a life out and get the scheduler done. :)
>
> Naturally, porting to PPC (or getting the port up to speed) is a
> requirement. Perhaps using the Wii as a development platform isn't a
> bad idea at all, given that IOS (the OS that runs on the ARM
> controller on the Wii) does quite a handful of heavy-lifting to
> abstract many hardware details. Sure beats fighting broken
> OpenFirmware implementations.
>
> > Well, one of the goals is to allow reusing old machines with an OS
> > that doesn't need a Cray...
>
> QFT.
>
>
> Cheers,
> A.
>
>

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