Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:17:11 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: rminnich@acl.lanl.gov (Ronald G. Minnich) Cc: vev@michvhf.com, tlambert@primenet.com, Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite Message-ID: <199908161717.KAA16010@usr04.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.10.9908161049300.144137-100000@acl.lanl.gov> from "Ronald G. Minnich" at Aug 16, 99 10:50:57 am
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> I lost track of the quotes.
>
> > > | --- With the help of Veritas Software Corp., SGI will work to add
> > > | key features of its Irix operating system to the Linux platform.
> > > | Currently, Irix runs on the MIPS platform. Once SGI switches
> > > | entirely to Intel Corp.'s IA/64 platform, that will be the end of
> > > | Irix.
> > > |
> > > | SGI is also forming an alliance with NEC Corp. to increase its
> > > | market share in Japan.
> > > These paragraphs are contradictory. It implies an end to MIPS.
>
> an end to irix and an end to MIPS on desktop and server platforms has no
> big effect on MIPS processors. The big volume for MIPS is embedded, or so
> I am told.
>
> For an interesting take on all this visit www.mipsabi.org
Uh, that site is dead, as of the end of this month. See the
first link ("announcement").
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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