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Date:      09 Jul 2001 01:55:55 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Pedro F Giffuni <pfg1+@pitt.edu>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OS portability (was: Things you learn in school)
Message-ID:  <xzpd77bou0k.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <3B491A9E.D5392F7C@pitt.edu>
References:  <3B478570.67B193CB@pitt.edu> <p05100302b76e6fce91c0@[194.78.241.123]> <20010709080330.G80862@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3B491A9E.D5392F7C@pitt.edu>

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Pedro F Giffuni <pfg1+@pitt.edu> writes:
> The problem is: how many people actually buy a new Ultra SPARC or an IBM
> PPC to run Linux on it? I mean serious users trying to use it for
> business purposes.

Why not?  UltraSPARCs come pretty cheap these days, and even Linux is
better than *ack* *phtui* Solaris.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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