Dropping SPARC completely would be foolish There are other SPARC vendors (e.g. Fujitsu) that they could sell off to and focus on their own lines (probably with

Dropping SPARC completely would be foolish There are other SPARC vendors (e.g. Fujitsu) that they could sell off to and focus on their own lines (probably with a provision to use the IP they see useful). Edit: Btw, the ecosystem around SPARC is slowly eroding. Fin Svcs are going x86 more and more. The problem with SPARC is they aren't growing in new markets - it's becoming marginalised.