Re: Oracle to acquire Sun
- From: Scott Sibert <ssibert@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:33:01 -0500
Aurora Linux: old site: http://auroralinux.org/ and newer site:
http://wiki.auroralinux.net/wiki/ Fedora:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/SPARC
The hardware seemed to be the hard part -- booting, video, network, IDE --
it all seemed unnecessarily difficult on Sparc hardware. I had a couple of
Suns (a 100 and a U420R) but they were such a pain that I gave up on it.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Stephen Booth <stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 2009/4/21 Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Yes, and maybe we will see Linux on Sun.
> >
>
> There did used to be a version of Linux for Sun, Mandrake IIRC. I did
> run it for a while on an old Sparc20 box but it didn't really have any
> apps available so I trashed the box and installed Solaris 9.
>
> I got the impression that it was more for someone who's primary aim
> was to run Linux on Sparc, rather than wanting to do anything useful
> with it.
>
> That said, I did setup and attend a presentation by someone from SuSE
> (got him to address a local LUG) who said that because of the way they
> develop their code it's very easy for them to recompile for non-Intel
> platforms. If there is sufficient demand they will produce the
> product. One of the possibilities he cited was Sparc (Power (i.e.
> IBM) was another one). To mis-quote Jim Morrison (in "Wayne's World
> 2"): "If you come, they will build it!"
>
> Stephen
>
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> Apparently I'm a "Eierlegende Woll-Milch-Sau", I think it was meant as
> a compliment.
>
>
>
> --
> It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption.
>
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>
> Apparently I'm a "Eierlegende Woll-Milch-Sau", I think it was meant as
> a compliment.
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