Well that is not entirely true Freescale builds processors for the embedded space that are based on the Power Architecture and IBM powers it's mid-size AIX boxes and blades with their version of the Power Architecture. It is only dead on the desktop and even on th desktop, there are some niche system builders producing systems and motherboards that support modern Freescale and IBM Power chips.
Yeah, PPC = Pay Per Click. Advertising on Google or Bing/Yahoo usually.
thanks for clarifying. "PPC" still means "PowerPC" to me, too...