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Re: Is Sun putting much effort into supporting the gcc/binutils toolchain on sparc64 ?

From: Tim Prince <tprince at computer dot org>
To: Andrew Walrond <andrew at walrond dot org>
Cc: David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, sparclinux at vger dot kernel dot org
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:28:49 -0700
Subject: Re: Is Sun putting much effort into supporting the gcc/binutils toolchain on sparc64 ?
References: <46E7CF5F.3090909@walrond.org> <20070912.052331.48512526.davem@davemloft.net> <46E7E827.2030106@walrond.org>

Andrew Walrond wrote:

> 
> I'm trying to conceive a valid business reason for Sun to be so
> dismissive of the (surely massive?) gnu/linux hardware market, (even if
> they would rather we used Solaris), but it eludes me completely.
They are putting a lot of effort into linux on Intel and AMD. 18 years
ago, SPARC was their one true way, but a few years have passed.

References:
- Is Sun putting much effort into supporting the gcc/binutils toolchain on sparc64 ?
  - From: Andrew Walrond
- Re: Is Sun putting much effort into supporting the gcc/binutils toolchain on sparc64 ?
  - From: David Miller
- Re: Is Sun putting much effort into supporting the gcc/binutils toolchain on sparc64 ?
  - From: Andrew Walrond

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