anton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Anton Ertl) wrote:
> Jonah Thomas <jethomas5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >One exception is OF, where MicroSoft had a Plug and Play advantage
> >and various competitors saw a chance to get leverage -- they could
> >have a cross-OS, cross-processor approach to get plug-ins that would
> >run on everything but PCs. But for one reason or another the
> >coalition broke down.
>
> Did it? Apple switched to EFI for their Intel-based machines, but did
> Sun, IBM, or Motorola abandon Open Firmware?
I read a long time ago that IBM was withdrawing, but I haven't verified
it.
> I have read that Sun moved to EFI, but Wikipedia knows nothing about
> it, and Google tells me something about disk labels (partition tables)
> when I ask for "Sun EFI"; I guess that they use a PC BIOS or EFI for
> their Opteron-based boxes, though.
I read that Sun moved to EFI for their x86 production, meaning for most
of their new sales. I haven't seen anything about Motorola.
I would be pleased to find out OF isn't dying. A quick job search turned
up one San Jose company that wants OF experience along with expert C and
assembly and a lot of other qualifications.
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