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To: cfimx who wrote (6183)	12/17/1997 1:12:00 AM
From: LKO	Read Replies (1) of 64865

> Well, it's clear that what I see before me minions is the > begining...of the end...of Scottie's (my) lone arrowhead ("we're > going to put all our wood behind one arrowhead"), SPARC. Bye Bye > SPARC, I knew thee well! But now I must figure a way to get from > here...in SPARCLAND...to there...the promised land. Oh You are reading too much between the lines. Sun has a strategy (not very successful so far) to try to sell its operating system Solaris on Sparc and other volume platforms as well. It was ported but discontinued for PowerPC as that platform did not reach volume. To develop an operating system on a new chip requires cooperating with its vendor (which has a strategy of proliferating its chips on as many OS communities). The OS runs on 486/Pentium chips already but Merced is new and there is always some harware specific code in operating systems. Parts of Sun and parts of Intel compete with each other...Sure, but there is nothing wrong with pursuing a strategy which gives a slice of the market to both and customers get a choice.

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