> On Nov 11, 2007 2:07 PM, UNIX admin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is anyone other than myself interested in seeing > an > > > IA64/Itanium port > > > of OpenSolaris? > > > > Would that be cool? Why, yes it would! > > > > Would it be a justifiable return on investment? No. > > > > Here's the deal: > > > > who's running IA64? Only two firms, sgi and hp. > > Actually, believe it or not, IA64 seems to have found > a niche with > worldwide Mainframe builders. (excluding IBM). > http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/37050 > 16
200,000 pieces? That's miserable. Love this quote: "Despite its low profile, RISC-based processing continues to hold between 45 and 50 percent of the market and the revenues are still substantial" Yeah, no kidding, the IA64 based hardware is way, waaay overopriced! When will companies, Sun INCLUDED, finally get it into their head that the days of fat profit margins are GONE. Expensive SILICON DOESN'T SELL. It has to be CHEAP and MASS PRODUCED, or else forget it!!! This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
