Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:55:22 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: "Robert S. Sciuk" <rob@controlq.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <399C270A.DCADA0DF@mail.ptd.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008171016050.45559-100000@schizo.controlq.com>
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"Robert S. Sciuk" wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 12:57:24PM -0700, David DeTinne wrote: > > > Is the sparc port really dead? > > > > > > I have tried the other BSD's and from an average users standpoint FreeBSD is the best > > > (my opinion) > > > > > To play devil's advocate, briefly ... > > Perhaps we should examine just why FreeBSD is `best'. As I understand it, > the limited architectures supported has maximized talent and effort into > making the intel platform work REALLY well, added stability, content, > performance and functionality. > > If FreeBSD migrates to additional architectures, how much of its > `goodness' will translate directly to other platforms?? Moreover, how > much future effort and talent will be diverted into porting efforts rather > than single platform perfection?? One must always trade off optimal > platform performance for the sake of portability! > > I'd love FreeBSD on Sparc, and PA-RISC for that matter -- just not at the > expense of the single best Intel based OS I've yet to encounter!!! I am > happy with OpenBSD and NetBSD (thought neither one is on PA-RISC yet). > > I look at the scalability efforts going on in the FreeBSD kernel as a case > in point, removing the GBL and threading and wonder just how much of that > will translate directly to other architectures?? Would this effort have > started at all if the talented individuals working on it were busy porting > to platform X?? No doubt at the end of this project, FreeBSD on Intel > should beat the living pants off of NT and Linux on the scability side of > the equation. > > Just food for thought. On the other hand, Unix has survived as long as it has because it has been portable across platforms. Platforms come and go, and an operating system tied to a single platform will go when that platform goes. IA-32 will not last forever. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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