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  1. closed hardware? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Sun's Zippy New Chips

    at least SPARC encourages chipmakers to implement their own SPARC-clones, ever heard of Intel being happy with AMD x86 clones?

  2. Re:And not only that... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 1 · on Surfing With Your Commodore 64

    Ahh those were the day, eh? Well, if you're willing to skip the PC platform, you can do pretty well with the SPARC platform and the Solaris operating system.

  3. Re:OT: What does SPARC mean by dgroskind · · Score: 2 · on Is Linux Losing Its SPARC?

    Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
    Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
    Space Physics and Astronomy Research Collaboratory
    South Pembrokeshire Action with Rural Communities
    Social Planning And Research Council of British Columbia
    Student Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
    Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition
    Scalable Processor ARChitechture

  4. Re:OT: What does SPARC mean by locutus074 · · Score: 1 · on Is Linux Losing Its SPARC?
    Hmm... on the front page of SPARC International, it says that it's "Scalable Processor ARChitecture".

    It was a bit of a surprise to me when I found out that Sun didn't "own" SPARC. I'd always assumed they had. Do you know if they developed it themselves and turned the architecture over to the organization, or if it was something different?

    --

  5. ARM by sql*kitten · · Score: 5 · on "Open-Source" ARM7 Core May Be On The Way
    As the article says, whether they Open Source it or build a business around it, it's unlikely that ARM themselves would permit it - their business model is to develop and license their intellectual property rather than sell actual products.

    Contrast this with Sun Microsystems who use the SPARC processor under license. As far as I'm aware, they don't even manufacture SPARCs themselves, but rely on a third party foundry. Why is this relevant? Because SPARCs are also used by many vendors and you can even get the chip architectures if you wanted to implement it yourself, then have your design properly verified.

  6. ARM by sql*kitten · · Score: 5 · on "Open-Source" ARM7 Core May Be On The Way
    As the article says, whether they Open Source it or build a business around it, it's unlikely that ARM themselves would permit it - their business model is to develop and license their intellectual property rather than sell actual products.

    Contrast this with Sun Microsystems who use the SPARC processor under license. As far as I'm aware, they don't even manufacture SPARCs themselves, but rely on a third party foundry. Why is this relevant? Because SPARCs are also used by many vendors and you can even get the chip architectures if you wanted to implement it yourself, then have your design properly verified.

  7. ARM by sql*kitten · · Score: 5 · on "Open-Source" ARM7 Core May Be On The Way
    As the article says, whether they Open Source it or build a business around it, it's unlikely that ARM themselves would permit it - their business model is to develop and license their intellectual property rather than sell actual products.

    Contrast this with Sun Microsystems who use the SPARC processor under license. As far as I'm aware, they don't even manufacture SPARCs themselves, but rely on a third party foundry. Why is this relevant? Because SPARCs are also used by many vendors and you can even get the chip architectures if you wanted to implement it yourself, then have your design properly verified.

  8. SPARC is semi-open by Yax-Pac · · Score: 1 · on Open-Source Processors
    The good folks at sparc.org are happy to share the inner working of the SPARC architecute with you. Of course, there's a licensing fee to manufacture the SPARC chip commercially...

    It always amuses me when I read some pundit going on about about the Sun "proprietary" architecture. Yeah, right. And Intel is an OpenSource company.

    Anyway, there's a good repository of documents on the SPARC architecture available for download.

  9. SPARC is semi-open by Yax-Pac · · Score: 1 · on Open-Source Processors
    The good folks at sparc.org are happy to share the inner working of the SPARC architecute with you. Of course, there's a licensing fee to manufacture the SPARC chip commercially...

    It always amuses me when I read some pundit going on about about the Sun "proprietary" architecture. Yeah, right. And Intel is an OpenSource company.

    Anyway, there's a good repository of documents on the SPARC architecture available for download.

  10. Wrong by puppet10 · · Score: 2 · on Olympic Committee Cracks Down On Domain Owners
    Not public domain, however Trademarks can be lost because of common usage. Ask Bayer (they lost the asprin tradmark), some other famous lost trademarks include:

    cellophane

    escalator

    thermos

    nylon

    harmonica

    linoleum

    trampoline

    yo-yo

    zipper

    Here's a link and here's another.

    So the question is did the Olympics become common usage or has the modern olympic commite reinstated the mark's value through their promotion, and thus should get exclusive use of the mark. Aparently the people who assign trademarks felt they had a valid mark (but its equally possible they were wrong).

    However, trademarks are only protected for use in trade and aren't ment to stop free expression. Thus you should be able to set up a non-profit site like www.theolympicssuck.org and they shouldn't be able to stop you. OTOH the intent and the implementation of the law often aren't the same.

    Always be aware of the basic rule of the road, you may be in the right but do you really want to try to prove it by stepping into a crosswalk in front of the speeding truck?