Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 14:22:02 +0200 From: Sune Stjerneby <stjerneby@usa.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *sigh* Anyone else see this article? Message-ID: <35544A6A.6BEF8785@usa.net> References: <16619.894675840@time.cdrom.com> <3553C473.ECA1CD5E@ibm.net>
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Don Wilde wrote:
> his fancy clothes. Hardware architectures will become the next weapons,
> and (I hate to say it) unless Intel or Oracle really move quickly to
> dominate this battle, Linux will have the advantage because it runs on
> all, from StrongARM to P-II. The user wants universality, not ultimate
> performance. We need to see where we can go in this scenario, where we
> should position ourselves.
In this context, forget not the road of The NetBSD Project (and later
OpenBSD), who IMO has pioneered the idea of a highly arch-independent OS
and kernel, with ~15-20 (combined) platforms supported by now, however
old and obscure, or new.
NetBSD happened several years before Linux began covering anything but
x86, and if arch-support is to be the next battleground, it would be an
excellent example for FreeBSD to follow.
I know of individuals with non-x86 hardware, who turn to something like
SPARClinux or Linux/m68k, simply because they lack awareness of
{Net,Open}BSD, or find it slightly too obscure.
(admittetly, compared to FreeBSD, NetBSD isn't an out-of-the-box
product, but it's not rocket science)
Bringing other architechtures FreeBSD would definitively help opening
some eyes.
--
//bwulf - Sune Stjerneby <stjerneby@usa.net>
-- "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
-- "4.4BSD UNIX - A Real Operating System for Real Users."
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