Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: 3 Jan 2025 08:30:25 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <441smjp44l5o2ja4c1vlsv32oh2j6m9n4j@4ax.com> <4f7tmjplbte7cnuh2pqrh1fufs4iatv3fd@4ax.com> <67707879@news.ausics.net> <366b4ad1-4849-d7a9-cade-67d1eba035c3@example.net> <35a09fa5-08b1-8121-51c7-28d3aac1cd0f@example.net> <2797de8b-90fd-0aee-aeb8-f4233722fad7@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 0uXWxPDcir8E97FXjnplPgXQrXJBWXT0IGUfmdjmvj2RbpJkTI Cancel-Lock: sha1:/PN7BVK1m70Wo3eRRCBwOq/9qBQ= sha256:AkZHKQO7doxuZD3WPukMOsVEassmKAAdceHAGtzUhvM= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63607 comp.os.linux.advocacy:682477 On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 01:35:21 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > I think IBM still has a future, just not making PCs and typewriters. > STILL doing good chip work however ... > but mostly for internal consumption. Not so much... The dream: https://acquisitioninternational.digital/globalfoundries-acquires-ibm-s- microelectronics2/ The reality: https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-regulation/legal/ibm-globalfoundries-settle- respective-lawsuits-594074 There was also a suit by GF against IBM for divulging some of the covered IP to Intel. The Essex Junction fab is still living. https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/26/with-chips-act-money-the-biden- administration-bets-an-old-plant-can-make-new-chips/ afaik East Fishkill is gone. https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/10/02/former-ibm-campus-filled-to-capacity/