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Not really. The distros aren't interested.
Sure they can do it, but to what good to their bottom line. And before you say it, Sun MUST improve their bottom line.

Doing this doesn't seem to support this goal at all and even if they do it the distro's aren't really ready to jump on board.
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 02/14/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Ahhh! One more proc/platform to add to the  Linux Guy 1000 | 02/14/06
Not really. The distros aren't interested.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
... For a reason  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/14/06
Support for EVERY hardware architecture is simple ...  George Mitchell | 02/14/06
Ummm, why?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Only one problem with this theory  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/14/06
Huh?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
Pay attention next time  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/14/06
Pay attention  D. T. Schmitz | 02/14/06
Lure, . . like a trap  Boot_Agnostic | 02/14/06
Ummm the "free crap" is Linux.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
IMO, Linux isn't crap  Boot_Agnostic | 02/14/06
Basically this requires someone to port a compiler, right?  George Mitchell | 02/14/06
gcc is already available for Sparc. There is a previous port, so  DonnieBoy | 02/14/06
Yes and no  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/14/06
Sun needs to dedicate engineers to this and make sure the cost performance  DonnieBoy | 02/14/06
"McNealy releases bait to lure fish...  John Zern | 02/14/06
When Richmond fell...  Anton Philidor | 02/14/06
SPARC specs?  Roger Ramjet | 02/15/06

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