Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Sun's Competitive Strategy (Was: Re: P1754 Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 90 17:04:19 GMT References: <1990Nov16.225515.494@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Nov25.194404.3376@dircon.uucp> <1635@unix386.Convergent.COM> <1990Dec2.014554.3491@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <2760@cirrusl.UUCP> <2764@cirrusl.UUCP> <76095@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: na Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 13 In article kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) writes: > At least on 80x86 platforms there is a binary standard so that anything > compiled under SCO will run under any other Unix. You haven't been following the "SCO isn't UNIX" thread on c.u.sysv386, have you? Seriously, there is a 68000 Sys V ABI. You just need to find a machine that follows it... But, really, for UNIX the day of the CISC processor is pretty much over. Neither the 80x86 nor the 68000 are significantly price-competitive with the low end Sparcs, and they're looking less exciting all the time. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com