Benjamin Scott wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 May 2000, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> > "The servers are available with either HP-UX 11 or
> > the Linux operating system ... "
> >
> > One more architecture in the fold (PA-RISC). One more vendor on our
> > side.
>
> FWIW, I went to H/P's web site, and read up about these machines. As near
> as I can tell, the only place Linux gets mentioned is in the press release.
> The tech specs and sales offerings all give the impression that HP-UX is as
> much a part of these boxes as the firmware.
>
> It is one thing to *say* you're supporting Linux; it is another to actually
> do so. As Linus says: Show me the source! :-)
>
> --
> Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation! http://www.linux.com |
>
I know some HP folks, and they are supporting Linux. For starters, they
paid the Puffin Group to port Linux to the PA-RISC architecture. They
are also part of Trillium, porting Linux to the IA-64. They also don't
say that the boxes support MPE (HP's equivilent to VMS), but I would bet
they do (the only difference in the big HP boxes between HP3000 MPE
systems and HP9000 HP/UX systems is the OS). They're supporting Linux
more on the Intel side than the PA-RISC side, but still. . .
jeff
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shouldn't.
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