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To: N3WBI3

> I mean when it suits them they can say, nope were not
> supporting x86 anymore, and they have done that in the
> past!

Twice as I recall, but in those days MC68K clobbered
x86, and SPARC had a future.

There's a cliche that goes" "In bacon and eggs, the
chicken is merely involved. The hog is committed."

Sun looks pretty committed to x86 at this point.


17 posted on 09/15/2005 8:15:06 PM PDT by Boundless
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To: Boundless
I like that saying, and when Sun matures a bit on x86 I may give them a try, every old school solaris hound I know that has used x86 has said is a different animal..
18 posted on 09/15/2005 8:18:25 PM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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