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Date:      Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:58:44 -0500
From:      "Richard Cotrina" <rcc@demo.telefonica.com.pe>
To:        <Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Whatever happened to FreeBSD/SPARC?
Message-ID:  <01f201bf667b$830f1ec0$4d01190a@tp.com.pe>
References:  <00256870.0050C1A5.00@rslhub.raytheon.co.uk>

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> Does FreeBSD/SPARC still exist ?

AFAK, It already exists, but it is still in proyect state .

> or am I going to have to live with Slow-aris
> till the thing gives up life (SPARCstation 20)?

You have two BSD options for Sparc hardware :  OpenBSD and NetBSD . But,
IMHO, they don't have enough pre-compiled packages , port collection, and
support as FreeBSD has, I think, because they are oriented to security and
to harware portability respectively.


Regards,

Richard Cotrina



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