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OS Review: NetBSD 1.6.2 on SPARC64

Posted by michael on from the esoterica dept.

JigSaw writes "NetBSD is the king of operating system portability, running on 40+ different hardware platforms, including x86, MIPS, and even the Sega Dreamcast. So it comes as no surprise that among the supported platforms, NetBSD runs on Tony Bourke's Sun Ultra 5. Here is his review."

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  1. What's the big deal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Linux runs on SPARC too...

  2. Help with Non-Contaminated Libraries!!! ANYONE??? by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I've often wondered why some companies choose to use Linux when they are unwilling to show their source code. It clearly has not been to the advantage of the companies involved to be exposed as not complying with the GPL. It is risky business decision to choose to ignore license issues.

    Perhaps more attention will be given to the *BSD family with it's technically very good OS and a free license.

    EVERY TIME I see a thread here about a company pushing a Linux-based product, I ask the same question: Is there ANY compiler/linker/library product I can purchase that is guaranteed by its manufacturer to be UN-contaminated by the GPL?

    Does the Intel C/C++ "compiler" for Linux make such a claim?

    Does the Metrowerks C/C++ "compiler" make such a claim?

    Novell/Mono/Ximian/C#/.NET???

    ANYONE??????????