“Red Hat has dropped support for Sun Microsystems’ Sparc chips
for its new version 7 of Linux, saying there just wasn’t enough
interest in the product. “Due to insufficient demand, we will not
be releasing an official Red Hat Linux for Sparc,” spokeswoman
Melissa London said in an email interview.”
“The move whittles down Red Hat’s product line to Linux
software for Intel and Compaq Computer’s Alpha chips, though the
company plans support for several IBM servers with different
CPUs.”
“Red Hat will continue to provide an unsupported Sparc edition
in its “Rawhide” developer version, London said, and the company
could restart the Sparc version if demand picks up. The company
also will continue to support the earlier Sparc versions of its
software, she said.”