Subject: Re: Linux?
To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/08/2000 15:51:38
On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 03:51:56PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> Don't look now, but they're gaining.  AFAIK no BSD (and that includes
> BSD/OS) runs on PCI bus SPARC machines.  Linux does.  A few weeks ago
> I was going to demonstrate a BSD install for some Linux users I know,
> but all they had was an Ultra 5, and so I couldn't do it.  Work is
> needed.

I'd say they didn't chose the rigth machine. The only reason I still buy
Suns is to run Solaris (because of commercial Apps). Otherwise,
there are better and cheaper machines available (PCs, powermac and alphas).

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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