Re: www.softpanorama.org: sparc_vs_x86 fun

Dmitry Torokhov
2006-05-04T18:59:32Z

On 5/4/06, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org> wrote:
> jimmy <jimmyb@huawei.com> writes:
>
> >> http://www.softpanorama.org/Articles/Linux_vs_Solaris/sparc_vs_x86.shtml
> >>
> >>> ...
> >>> Actually Linux used to be more heterogeneous in the past when it
> >>> supported Alpha. But those days are long gone.
> >>> ...
> > someone should send these guys a directory listing of linux/arch/
>
> I think he's confusing Red Hat with Linux. But these days even Red Hat
> supports more architectures than Solaris: i386, amd64, ia64, ppc64 and
> s390.
>

Don't pay too much attention:

"I have a subjective impression that networking in Linux is less
sophisticated..."

"As for LDAP quality I have no data but suspect that Solaris has an
upper hand..."

"Based on my limited knowledge of Linux kernel development it looks
like Linux development suffered from a classic case of premature
optimization disease..."

--
Dmitry