Re: Is anything else then Solaris used on UltraSparc Machines.

From: Rich Teer (rich.teer_at_rite-group.com)
Date: 11/27/05


Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:59:02 GMT

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, llothar wrote:

> I'm trying to port my program and while a huge list of platforms is
> nice for marketing. I'm really not sure if i should spend time to
> install and compile my program for anything else then Solaris 8 on my
> slow Ultra 5.

THere are hobbyists who (for some reason) install Linux or *BSD on
SPARC boxes, but by far the most prevalent OS on SPARC is Solaris.

> What is the reason for persons to use something else then Solaris ?

Hack value? Stubborness? ;-)

> My program is for Software Developer using Python/Ruby/PHP/Perl.

Cool. Might I suggest that you also make you program available
for Solaris x86?

-- 
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member
President,
Rite Online Inc.
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