Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 08:32:36 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>, Anna Wilcox <AWilcox@wilcox-tech.com>, freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com>, sparc64@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: Sparc64 doesn't care about you, and you shouldn't care about Sparc64 Message-ID: <20160805153236.GA16908@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonAhoch8XR%2BJdM%2Bbr5jxvngQdithtgaDAJ4XmgEahreYw@mail.gmail.com> References: <64302b19-9f33-4267-af44-7fc30ea4bf3d@email.android.com> <56434F34.6040707@sorbs.net> <CAJ-VmonAhoch8XR%2BJdM%2Bbr5jxvngQdithtgaDAJ4XmgEahreYw@mail.gmail.com>
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Adrian Chadd wrote this message on Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 07:29 -0800:
> > FreeBSD has an opportunity to fill the void in the secondhand Oracle
> > (Sun) Hardware market if people want to take it.... but I seriously
> > don't see why anyone would buy new Oracle boxes and shove FreeBSD on
> > them - unless their admins already manage FreeBSD on older + Intel hardware.
> >
>
> As always, someone has to write and debug the code.
>
> Users are only as good as the revenue to generate to cover
> development/debugging/deployment costs.
>
> So if you're a sparc64 user, how much would you be willing to pay for
> freebsd/sparc64 support and development?
>
> I'm all for keeping an architecture like sparc around, as long as
> there's active development and active users. MIPS has both. ARM has
> both. Powerpc has both. Sparc is missing some active developers, but
> it has plenty of FreeBSD users that speak up (and more users that only
> speak up privately.) So, if you want to see sparc64 support continue,
> this requires a grass roots effort to get more development happening -
> either users need to step up, or someone has to start contributing
> money.
If you care, then give donations to the FreeBSD Foundation, and say
you want/need sparc64 and/or sun4v support...
Or find a developer to pay for the work... These are the straight
forward ways to keep sparc64 alive...
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