From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 10/8/2025 3:45 PM, Dan Cross wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > John Dallman  wrote:   
   >> In article <10ad18c$2d4$1@reader1.panix.com>,   
   >> cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote:   
   >>> Solaris and HP-UX are on their last legs.   
   >>   
   >> Oracle still say they're supporting Solaris 11.4 with mainstream support   
   >> until 2031 and offering extended support until 2037, but that's 20 years   
   >> after the final CPU model, the M8, was released.   
   >   
   > I wonder what percentage of Solaris installations are on SPARC   
   > and what are x86 at this point.  2037 is only 12 years away.   
      
   Back in the Sun days Solaris/SPARC was way more common than   
   Solaris/x86-64 (and Solaris/x86 before that).   
      
   And I doubt it has changed. I don't recall a time where   
   Solaris/SPARC was considered dead and Solaris/x86-64 was   
   considered to have a bright future. And one migration   
   Solaris/SPARC->Linux/x86-64 is cheaper than two migrations   
   Solaris/SPARC->Solaris/x86-64->Linux/x86-64.   
      
   Arne   
      
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