On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:18:55AM -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > Something like: > > 1. Does anyone, on planet Earth, need or want an OpenSolaris-based > > PowerPC port?!? > > need ? I don't know. Want ? Maybe IBM would.
I think IBM would be wise to get Solaris onto POWER. A lot of us hardcore Sun/Solaris guys (myself included) are less than impressed with Sun's current line of hardware. For big power these days, your choices are some sort of x86/amd64 box or POWER. I would run Solaris on POWER in a HEARTBEAT if it were available. AIX is ok, but I really don't have much interest in learning it. Solaris is what I love and what I grew up taking care of, so it's what I know. Just my thoughts. I just think there is a huge untapped market out there that IBM is missing out on. -brian -- "Perl can be fast and elegant as much as J2EE can be fast and elegant. In the hands of a skilled artisan, it can and does happen; it's just that most of the shit out there is built by people who'd be better suited to making sure that my burger is cooked thoroughly." -- Jonathan Patschke
