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Re: Is Sun putting much effort into supporting the gcc/binutils toolchain on sparc64 ?
David Miller wrote:
>
> The big issue you keep missing in all of your rediculious complaints
> is that it takes a lot of time for a company to invest in future
> potential revenue.
>
> Most of Sun's resources are invested in things that make them money
> right now and keep the lights on at their buildings and their employee
> salaries paid.
>
Sorry David; got to disgree with you on this one. A few developers are
irrelevant when considered against the potential reward. That was
$13.873 _billion_, with a B. the A few good men like yourself wouldn't
even effect the second decimal point...
>
> And _NO_ this does mean continuing to say that Sun isn't doing enough
> to satisfy you, that discourages rather than encourages in case you
> haven't gotten that message LOUD and CLEAR by now.
>
On the contrary, as an existing and prospective customer, I shall KEEP
telling Sun, LOUDLY and PUBLICLY exactly what I want from them.
Although not here; I have ruffled enough feathers already!
BTW Isn't it somewhat ironic that the only person who seems to
(somewhat) agree with me is the guy from Sun? :)
Sheath your blade young sir; I shall trouble you no more...
[Although, if you could just get the sparc64 kernel compiling properly
with gcc4.2+ when you get a minute...] ;)
Andrew Walrond