Tracy R Reed wrote:
Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Unix was always the toughest to get working on a new microprocessor.
Windows was always the easiest.
I'm confused. If this is so then why does Unix run on so many different
processors? It was even ported for free by hackers over very short
timeframes. And Windows so few?
I would retort that Unix ran on every microprocessor. But no single
Unix ever ran on two different microprocessors. ;)
Because every microprocessor tested against a UNIX before release?
Because UNIX came with source code you could fix?
Because every vendor ported UNIX to their workstations?
Besides, Windows NT had quite a few ports. It ran on x86, MIPS, PPC,
and Alpha. That was a pretty good record during a time when Linux ran
on x86 and x86 and, well, x86.
Name a UNIX variant in 1996 that ran on as many different architectures
as NT. I'm thinking NetBSD is probably the only one, and it's close at
that time.
-a
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