From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Nielsen To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] sparc hardware available in the UK (probably) Message-ID: <20031017204106.GV834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> References: <0f55d9e46a0352445b7c9d406c888dd2@yourdomain.dom> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:41:06 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 718f519c-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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