[Gllug] Re:SCO's Linux fight

[Adrian McMenamin]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tethys [mailto:tet at accucard.com]
> Sent: 03 June 2003 14:23
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Re:SCO's Linux fight 
> 
> 
> 
> "John Hearns" writes:
> 
> >  Methinks Microsoft wasn't wise to drop Alpha/MIPS.
> 
> Oh, I think they were very wise to do so. From a business perspective,
> Alpha, MIPS and PPC made no sense for Microsoft. They simply didn't
> bring in enough revenue to justify their existence. The MIPS and PPC
> ports died an early death, and the Alpha port only survived as long
> as it did due to being bankrolled by Compac/DEC.
> 
> Yeah, from a geek point of view, supporting alternative architectures
> is nice, but even Linux is heading back to being Intel only. The Linus
> kernel frequently breaks on other CPUs, and maintainers are expected
> to fix up the damange later.
> 
> Tet
> 

As someone who works, albeit in fits and starts, on such a port (SH4) I am
not aware it has ever been otherwise! Maybe there were halcyon days before
2001, though.
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