Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 31 Oct 1997 23:10:05 -0500 (EST) | | From | George <> | | Subject | Re: Linux on Merced |
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> > Judging from the progress made by the Linux UltraPenguin team (David, > > Jakub Richard), once the specs for this chip are out, a fully > > functional Linux distribution for the Merced can be put together in > > about two months. Probably less.
I think by the time IA64 will start to become the mainstream chip there will be a linux port ... knowing intel the first merced will be expensive as hell ... plus di you really think M$ will have it's NT ready by then ... look how long it took them to actually support the i386 fully ...
George
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