From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,1b97e35c9fc766ce X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.205.136.10 with SMTP id ii10mr120177bkc.7.1326349873926; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:31:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Path: cj8ni87227bkb.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: usenet@postinghost.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ee9 V1.9: Ada 2005 emulator of the KDF9 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:28:21 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: LvTXUzu20qoVoLqCjlacbw.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Date: 2012-01-12T06:28:21+00:00 List-Id: On 2012-01-11, Simon Wright wrote: > Bill Findlay writes: > >> If you run GNAT GPL 2011 on a Solaris box, I'd love a SPARC build to >> complete the set! 8-) > > If I was doing that it would be solaris-x86; I guess there might be > SPARC hardware on Ebay. Opensolaris does exist, so there is a sort-of > chance; the last time I looked it seemed like a lot of effort for little > gain as against running Linux, but YMMV! There are a few reasons why a small but loyal community exists running SPARC hardware and Solaris. The hardware is beautifully made and has really super management features and lasts forever. The BIOS is written in FORTH and is accessible over ethernet. You can manage machines remotely at a level not found with other servers. Some of us like RISC boxes and especially SPARC and find it refreshing change from Intel's pizza with everything on it. And believe it or not, not everyone likes Linux or agrees the whole world should be GPL. Solaris has professional and thorough doc. What's more, other free OS like OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD also run on SPARC hardware. In the end it's quite a refreshing change from Linux on Intel. Try it some time! The machines are available very cheaply now. OpenSolaris on SPARC is all but dead, btw.