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Re: [News] Linux Supports Even More Architectures, Vendors

  • Subject: Re: [News] Linux Supports Even More Architectures, Vendors
  • From: The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:51:05 -0800
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 wrote
on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:01:49 +0000
<29306184.HQQ5fmCReL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> __/ [ Linonut ] on Saturday 10 February 2007 18:09 \__
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, The Ghost In The Machine belched out this bit
>> o' wisdom:
>> 
>>>> Kernel Comparison for Linux (2.6.18) verses Windows (2003 R2)
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Architectures:  Linux   Windows
>>>> |   PC x86        Y       Y
>>>> |   PC AMD64      Y       Y
>>>> |   PC IA-64      Y       Y
>>>> |   Alpha         Y       N
>>>> |   PPC           Y       N
>>>> |   PPC64         Y       N
>>>> |   SPARC32       Y       N
>>>> |   SPARC64       Y       N
>>>> |   ARM           Y       N
>>>> |   HP PA-RISC    Y       N
>>>> |   Moto 680x0    Y       N
>>>> |   MIPS          Y       N
>>>> |   MIPS (DEC)    Y       N
>>>> |   PowerPC       Y       N
>>>> |   IBM S/390     Y       N
>>>> |   Cell          Y       N
>>>> |   others        Y       N
>>>>
>>>> http://widefox.pbwiki.com/Kernel%20Comparison%20Linux%20vs%20Windows
>>>
>>> I thought Windows NT had PPC at one point...?  But yeah, this is great
>>> stuff, especially for the non-desktop markets. :-)
>> 
>> Windows NT used to run on Alpha and MIPS, too.
>
> And there I was thinking that Windows NT /was/ alpha.
>

It was alpha, it ran on Alpha, then they dumped Alpha,
and now it's *still* alpha.

:-)

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