From: Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] sparc hardware available in the UK (probably)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:41:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031017204106.GV834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310170729380.9662-100000@maxroach.lanl.gov>
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 07:30:38AM -0600, ron minnich wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 steve-simon@ntlworld.nospam.com wrote:
>
> > I too would love to see Plan9 Sparc port reborn - I always had a soft
> > spot for sparcs.
>
> Me too, but let's face it, it's dead.
>
> > There is a good chance I will have a sparc10 today and will donate it to
> > anyone who wants to have a go. If not it will live in my loft until i
> > get around to it or I move house...
>
> I still think the effort that would go into this is way better spent on
> the K8. Even sun is starting to admit that SPARC is history.
I have a quad processor SPARC 20 that I was going to use to
revive the SPARC port, but my most recent feelings are the
same as ron's. As much as I loved it, SPARC is dead.
Along the same lines, Alpha is dead (and rotting), too.
All the world's an x86 or PowerPC.
Not including embedded devices. ;)
--
Christopher Nielsen
"They who can give up essential liberty for temporary
safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-17 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-17 9:58 steve-simon
2003-10-17 13:30 ` ron minnich
2003-10-17 14:18 ` a
2003-10-17 20:41 ` Christopher Nielsen [this message]
2003-10-20 10:33 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-10-20 12:05 ` a
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