Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Dec 1998 18:03:42 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Good news for SPARC/Linux |
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Larry McVoy writes: > Sun has gotten official about their Linux plans. [...] > Sun Microsystems to Support Linux O/S on its Hardware, > REPORTS Computer Reseller News > > MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 1998--Sun Microsystems Inc. > (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) said it will announce, as early as next week, > widespread support for the Linux operating system on its hardware, > according to an exclusive page-one story to appear in the December 7 > issue of CMP Media's Computer Reseller News. > > Sun has been working quietly with distributors and a select number of > Linux community representatives to port Linux to its UltraSparc processor > by as early as February, channel sources and Sun executives told the > technology newspaper. The initiative, unofficially called UltraPenguin, > mainly involves Sun hardware and not the company's own Solaris operating > system, they said.
I don't know what to make of this statement. When I first read it, it sounded like they are helping port Linux to the UltraSparc. But UltraPenguin is already available! So what are they actually going to help with?
Regards,
Richard....
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