Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:26:16 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>, sparc64@freebsd.org, Anna Wilcox <AWilcox@wilcox-tech.com>, freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>, Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com> Subject: Re: Sparc64 doesn't care about you, and you shouldn't care about Sparc64 Message-ID: <201608052226.u75MQGbj075918@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:32:36 -0700." <20160805153236.GA16908@funkthat.com>
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Hi, Reference: > From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> > Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 08:32:36 -0700 John-Mark Gurney wrote: > 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... FYI Global geograhic index: http://www.berklix.com/consultants/table.html > These are the straight > forward ways to keep sparc64 alive... > > -- > John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix Sys Eng Consultant Munich Reply below, Prefix '> '. Plain text, No .doc, base64, HTML, quoted-printable. http://berklix.eu/brexit/#stolen_votes
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