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To: E_K_S who wrote (9685)5/6/1998 9:57:00 PM
From: SSS  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
this is total bunk.

1. the solaris kernel already scales well on Intel hardware (especially
compared to NT). throughput increases linearly as CPU's are added.
of course, on current Intel hardware, the max #of CPU's doesn't come
close to an E10000, so the limitation is in the hardware, not in
Solaris.

2. "scalability function is owned by SMCC????" this is silly.
No Solaris code was owned by SMCC. ("was", since the opco's don't
exist anymore).

3. even sillier is the notion that Solaris contains a "scalability
function". the solaris kernel is multithreaded. the solaris
shared libraries are multithreaded. the entire OS is designed
to take advantage of multiprocessor hardware. there is no single
magic "scalability function".

the dec guy is totally blowing smoke.

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ANSWER: We believe we have a very compelling value proposition to the Intel and
the Unix community relative to Solaris. Although Sun won't say this, when you talk
to people they're recruiting, Sun is not putting all of Solaris on IA-64. They are
withholding the scalability functionality. If you look at the organizational structure,
Solaris is owned by SunSoft. But the scalability function is owned by Sun
Microsystems Computer Corp., the folks who own the Ultra Enterprise 10000. That
stuff is not going to get ported.
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