On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM, bsd <[email protected]> wrote: > So. They had a developer working on "Polaris" too, and axed the project. > Ever hear of the processor code-named the "Rock?" After years and millions, > Sun also dropped that project. > > You don't think Oracle would drop an x86 project when they clearly want > Solaris/SPARC; and couldn't care less about Solaris running on x86?
I'm not sure what you're trying to say -- Rock was always a Sparc chip, not x86. It was cancelled (according to public sources) because after all the millions and years spent, it was too hot, too power-hungry, and too slow for anyone to take seriously (and nothing i've heard unofficially prior to the buyout contradicts this either). The deafening silence from Oracle is annoying (and something I think they're going to have to change if they want to push hardware, appliance based or not, but that's a different discussion). What things they have said and done to date suggest that they're interested in things they think will make money, and not interested in things that won't. If x86 does it, they'll probably do x86 (and given the fishworks stuff is all x86 based, I'm guessing the answer is still 'yes'), if sparc does it, I suspect you'll continue to see sparc stuff as well. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
