Re: Regarding the ULTRIX and OSF1 compats
Johnny Billquist <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.alpha,gmane.os.netbsd.devel.kernel,gmane.os.netbsd.ports.pmax |
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| Organization | SoftJAR AB |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 2019-03-16 13:37, Michael Kronsteiner wrote: > On Sat, 2019-03-16 at 18:17 +0700, Robert Elz wrote: >> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 09:45:07 +0100 >> From: Maxime Villard <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> >> >> NetBSD can support newer hardware at the OS level, and old userland, >> which doesn't care what the hardware underneath is in any detail >> (just.... > > i see. would YOU run software that costs maybe 4-digit numbers for > yearly license on an OS that "maybe" runs it "somehow" ? why do you > think prices for those old machines have skyrocketed? they run NATIVE. > because it WORKS (tm) > > And "newer" Hardware is quite relative to stay polite. theres no newer > alpha or vax or decstation than the existing models. not even all of > them are fully supported(just check the webpages port-pmax, port-vax, > port-alpha). btw even digital unix runs fine and stable on MP alphas. > maybe "primary targets" should be a bit rearranged. last release of > tru64 was in 1999 or so aswell. to support that is not really on my > necessary wishlist for now. > > for the time being - if i need an ultrix or osf(dec unix, tru64...) > setup, i will install exactly that. > > it seems what youre trying to do is to shoehorn is like stuffing a > 2n3055 in modern microelectronics. > > i think this compatibility stuff can be kept for later. first get a > stable base. development on that side has very improved in last years. > its often better to stay "on track" for now. its sad to say that > directly, but as businessman, NetBSD is not an option for now. i want > more money, not more work with unstable machines. (yes im greedy) > > i excuse to everyone who found my words a bit harsh, but thats reality. Well, if we want to talk reality - why are you even looking at NetBSD. Reality, business wise, is Linux. You might possibly argue FreeBSD. NetBSD is not an option, and will never become an option. Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: [email protected] || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol