Re: SCO Unix on Merced
Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Sun, 2 Nov 1997 10:56:50 +0100 (MET)
David S. Miller wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 11:32:12 -0600
> From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>
>
> This may be off-topic, but I think of SCO Unix as competition for
> Linux, and I like to keep an eye on the competition.
>
> Good money is on Solaris running on IA64 very early on as well.
>
> Dig into the Sun news flashes and look for something talking about
> Compaq and Scott McNealy shaking hands on "64-bit OS technology for
> Compaq intel based machines" or something like this...
If Intel were dropping IA32 the moment Merced comes out, "running
early on" would be an issue. They aren't. Linux will run on the first
Merced box that rolls out of the factory, even if it is only in IA32
mode.
Roger.
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