Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Solaris source | Date | Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:43:01 +0100 | From | David A Rusling <> |
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> On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, David S. Miller wrote: > > > I hear Solaris/x86 is selling like hot cakes these days anyways, so we > > have a lot to worry about it seems... 8-) > > Speaking of which, now that we have: > > SCO/Intel -> Linux/Intel > Linux/Intel -> Linux/Alpha > DU/Alpha -> Linux/Alpha > SunOS/Sparc -> Linux/Sparc > Solaris/Sparc -> Linux/Sparc > (Pardon me if I missed any) > > running, especially the later two, are there any plans to get > > Solaris/Intel -> Linux/Intel > > working? David & Miguel's Sparc/Linux paper seemed to intimate that > Solaris emulation was not hard, even after SunOS emulation took all the > reserved slot thingie-whatsits. I'm curious, given that the four > applications which run on Solaris/Intel might, if runnable under Linux, > draw an entire 10 new customers to the Linux community. In the face of > this onslaught by Sun, no emulation suite is too low for us to consider. > 8^) >
Given that we've just released an alpha of Intel Linux emulation for Alpha Linux (pardon the pun) allowing you to run Intel Linux binaries such as Applix/Netscape, I wonder how much work Solaris emulation on Alpha Linux would be?
Also, as a side note, our company strategy towards Linux on Alpha is to embrace it. It poses no real threat to Digital Unix, our experience is that we have made board/system sales because of Linux that we would not have made otherwise. Selling Alpha Linux systems has sometimes leveraged sales of Digital Unix servers. It really is a win-win situation for us.
Linux is a good little operating system (I always liked the phrase 'the operating system that could'). It may be going through a few growing pains (eg 2.0.* stability issues) but those can be fixed, and they are _growing_ pains and not _shrinking_ pains...
Dave
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