[SunRescue] OT: FS: SGI Crimson RE

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You're right.  No other os is mature on SGI/MIPS hardware.  That's why I
and many others are working on developing it.  There are no inherent
problems with linux, and no major ones with irix ->EXCEPT<- if you find a
bug in IRIX for Crimson, what do you think the chaces of it ever getting
fixed are?
	Nick

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, James Lockwood wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 nick at snowman.net wrote:
> 
> > You would recommend irix instead?
> 
> On SGI/MIPS hardware, certainly.  No other OS is even vaguely close to
> mature on this hardware, and it's unlikely that the graphics processors
> will ever be fully supported outside of IRIX due to the highly proprietary
> nature of the hardware.
> 
> IRIX has its fair share of funkiness but it's quite capable.  It has
> proven to be quite scalable at the high end (ccNUMA boxes) and can be
> hardened effectively from a security standpoint.
> 
> The SGI x86 boxes are an entirely different story.
> 
> -James
> 
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