On 08/ 4/10 11:40 AM, Matthias Pfützner wrote:
I guess, I don't get, what you're after? The nVIDIA device driver is written by nVIDIA, not Oracle! Solaris/OpenSolaris is not specifically a Server or Workstation OS, it's an OS. People use it. Oracle/Sun currently only sells server-hardware. So, trying to derive from that fact, that Solaris/OpenSolaris is only a server OS is a conclusion done by someone. But, if people would be using Solaris/OpenSolaris more for Desktop, then that would be helping nVIDIA in porting/migrating (my guess). You all here can help with that: Now with the 3rd-party hardware support option, you only need to certify your workstations using the HCTS, and buy support contracts... ;-) It's up to the end-user, what they use the software (or here: the OS) for... ;-)
I guess you not getting where I'm going. Nvidia is not going to write device drivers if there's no market. Without any more HPC and Workstations, why would you write it? I have been using Solaris/Opensolaris for 15 years as a Workstation. I started with an Ultra2 running Pro-Engineer a MCAD application, and continued through today using Opensolaris on an HPZ800 Workstation. Where I'm afraid is Oracle has removed all Workstations from their product offering and hasn't updated the HPC website for almost a year. When I read the Hardware Compatability notes for PTC Pro-Engineer WF5, it states there are no current plans for its next generation WF6 MCAD product to be developed on Solaris 10. This means to me, that funding to keep development going has ceased, from Oracle and PTC. I believe this is only the tip of the Iceberg. Without Workstations being offered, the ECAD, MCAD and HPC communities will dry up.
Nvidia will waste their time developing a driver which no one can use. They need applications that require it. I see IBM, the makers of Catia and Solidworks announced a new CAD program to run on Windows, MacOS and Linux. Where is Solaris/Opensolaris? If Oracle isn't supporting their OS on Workstations, why should anybody else?
Paul
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