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authorAlyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>2020-11-29 23:54:02 +0000
committerAlyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>2020-11-30 21:06:36 +0000
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design.html: mention goal of diverse build hardware
Thanks-to: Michael Raskin <7c6f434c@mail.ru>
Message-Id: <20201129235402.28711-1-hi@alyssa.is>
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@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ anybody currently working on Spectrum but would be a very welcome
 contribution.
 
 <p>
-Ideally, all Spectrum packages, for all architectures, would be built on
-POWER9 hardware.  Even if a user has to trust the x86_64 computer
-available to them, anti-freedom firmware, undocumented backdoors and
-all, they would be able to benefit from binary packages that were
-built on trustworthy hardware without these limitations.
-Unfortunately, preliminary research has shown that x86_64
-virtualization on POWER9 is not currently sufficiantly performant for
-this to be feasible.
+Ideally, all Spectrum packages, for all architectures, would be built
+on diverse hardware including a platform with POWER9's level of
+openness.  Even if a user has to trust the x86_64 computer available
+to them, anti-freedom firmware, undocumented backdoors and all, they
+would be able to benefit from binary packages that were built on
+trustworthy hardware without these limitations.  Unfortunately,
+preliminary research has shown that x86_64 virtualization on POWER9 is
+not currently sufficiantly performant for this to be feasible.
 
 <p>
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