[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >The project will not have a chance. The Solaris/IA64 project was
> >canceled by the board after Intel announced that IA64 will replace
> >SPARC and NOTHING will reverse that decision, not even the new
> >Intel-Sun alliance. Even without the history I'd be a tough job to get
> >the old Solaris/IA64 sources - we tried to convince the high-end
> >platform group to release their sources for the 64k kernel project and
> >invited them to join a research project lead by TU Vienna and
> >sponsored with EU money. Sun rejected this high profile offer, even
> >after offering free licenses for any patents created during this
> >project. I doubt you'd have more luck with IA64.
>
> What I heard was quite a bit different (and since I heard it from Glenn W
> directly, I think my version may be closer to the truth).
I heard this version from a Sun employee some time ago and unless you can share
your version, this version looks convincing to me.
Jörg
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