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Re: [News] Silicon Graphics Drops Proprietary Platforms, Concentrates on Itanium+Linux

__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 06 September 2006 14:25 \__

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> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> In message <1678349.mEil3b1aCF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> (Gross translation)
>>> 
>>> SGI adjusts MIPS Irix computers
>> 
>> Linux--yay.
>> 
>> Itanium--sigh...
> 
> Well, they've got to go in /some/ direction...

I think there was some newly-erected research lab in India which optimised
Itaniums for GNU/Linux, as well as work on improving GCC to work hand in
glove with Itaniums. I suspect it was only the latter, but I haven't
checked.

Best wishes,

Roy

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