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Re:MINIX: ​Intel's hidden in-chip operating system by chii on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:16AM (#15642180)
> Problem is it's dead.

and if it's so good, why is sparc dead?

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Re:MINIX: ​Intel's hidden in-chip operating system by detaro on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:18AM (#15642190)
Because most people don't buy their CPUs for openness, they buy them for price, performance and software support.

As far as I know, Fujitsu still sells it with high-end servers (attempting to take on IBM POWER), and it's still floating around in embedded designs, but it's a niche choice, with the associated downsides.

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Re:MINIX: ​Intel's hidden in-chip operating system by cjsuk on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:20AM (#15642198)
Yes. Software support was good, but price and performance were not. That and Oracle.
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Re:MINIX: ​Intel's hidden in-chip operating system by the_mitsuhiko on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:29AM (#15642242)
Big endian, not enough suppliers, Oracle, too expensive, not enough market share and much more
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Re:MINIX: ​Intel's hidden in-chip operating system by sverige on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @11:09AM (#15644538)
They are not making more, but reasonably priced used sparc64 servers are still reasonably easy to find. OpenBSD runs well on most models.
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