Re: Linux/IA-64 (Merced)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 6 Mar 1999 03:32:48 +0000 (GMT)


> >still under non-disclosure. Thus, at this point we can't invite
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >everybody to join the development, but as usual in a free software
> ^^^^^^^^^
> *snip*
>
> >make real money from Linux won't mean that Linux developers will stop
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >working together.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Nod. But Intel are unlikely to risk AMD cloning their new chip before its
out. Hopefully VA Research and others who have announced other ports (I assume
they are seperate) will decide to work together though.

If the entire rumour mill is correct there are IBM and SGI porting projects
too 8). But then Linux/3090 was a rumour mill item that hasnt occured so
who knows the real count.

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