Joel Reicher wrote...
> > I think the issue of Sun wanting *any* OS to run on their hardware should
> > be viewed from the perspective of hardware sales.  They're interested in
> > selling more hardware, and if they think that getting FreeBSD running on
> > Sparc hardware will do it, they'll support it.  It's just like all of the
> > work that Intel does to cook up new uses for its processors.  Intel wants
> > to drive hardware sales, so they try to make sure that as much software as
> > possible runs on their chips.
> 
> This is not intrinsically a bad thing. If the software usage benefits us,
> what does it matter that the hardware usage would benefit Sun? As long as
> their profit is not our loss, I don't see a problem.
> 
> Maybe I've misunderstood and you weren't actually implying it's a bad thing. :)

I wasn't implying that it's a bad thing.  Just that that's the way things
work, and that's why companies like Sun or Intel would be interested in
NetBSD, FreeBSD or Linux running on their hardware.

Ken
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Kenneth Merry
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