>> that's true. but IMHO it's very sad watching one company after the other
>> (Commodore, sgi, Sun won't take long either) or technoligies (MIPS,
>> PA-RISC, Alpha) dying -- what survives is el-cheapo x86 crap.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure about MIPS, but they are still here, got separated from SGI
> a few years ago. They are more in the embeded field I guess. Is not the
> Sony PS2 running with MIPS?

yip, and the PS1 having a R3000-like.

> 
>> maybe IBM get POWER/PowerPC positioned in a way it lasts as (the better
>> ;) alternative :)
> 
> 
> We will see.
> 

i'm sure. it's the only alternative soon :)

> 
>>> PS: Please fix your mailclient, that it does wrap the line after around
>>> 65 - 70 characters, and not put the whole paragraph on one line. Thanks.
>>
>>
>> hm, your the first complaining about sylpheed (i use it on my NetBSD box
>> besides pine)... i'll have a look at it, thanks.
> 
> 
> It looks fine this time, without changing anything?

nope, written on thunderbird/Darwin (RIP)...