Hello World! on modern processors.

From: Ken Seefried <ken_at_seefried.com>
Date: Sat Aug 25 21:47:19 2001

Iggy Drougge wrote:
>
>Oh, but can you go out and buy yourself an m68k/MIPS/PPC
>meainstream distro in the bookshop,

Yes (though more likely for Alpha/SPARC/PPC...m68k & MIPS are a bit more
obscure). Not at Barns & Noble, to be sure, but certainly at more technical
bookstores (e.g. Engineers Bookstore near Georgia Tech had them last I was
there).

>or can you buy any software for non-i386 platforms? Usually not.

Yes. See above.

>What about Netscape?

Several alternative platforms run Netscape just fine, even if some of them
are emulating the version of Unix that originally ran on that chip.

Of course, trying to make such sweeping statements about Linux based on what
can be purchased commercially in a bookstore is like making judgements about
advanced telecommunications based on a visit to Radio Shack.

Ken
Received on Sat Aug 25 2001 - 21:47:19 BST