Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 19:44:46 -0700 From: Pedro F Giffuni <pfg1+@pitt.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: OS portability (was: Things you learn in school) Message-ID: <3B491A9E.D5392F7C@pitt.edu> References: <3B478570.67B193CB@pitt.edu> <p05100302b76e6fce91c0@[194.78.241.123]> <20010709080330.G80862@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote:
>
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>
> OK, let's take a look. RS/6000? Linux does, NetBSD doesn't really.
> Ultra SPARC with PCI bus? Linux does. Last time I looked, NetBSD
> didn't. S/390? Linux does, NetBSD doesn't. SMP machines? Linux
> does, NetBSD doesn't.
>
> Especially from an IBM point of view, this points very much to Linux
> as being the more portable system. I don't think anybody cares very
> much whether Linux runs on a Sun 3.
>
Admitedly, NetBSD and Linux offer interesting features for platforms
that are already dying, but I don't think it's a real option for new
equipment.
The problem is: how many people actually buy a new Ultra SPARC or an IBM
PPC to run Linux on it? I mean serious users trying to use it for
business purposes.
FWIW I have a DEC 3000/300 in my office; although I could run NetBSD on
it some day (and someone said it's faster), the first choice is Tru64
(which is still there).
Pedro.
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