I'm still of a mind that there is a market for Sparc-powered consoles, perhaps running a lightweight Linux and Java and with a little ATI magic doing the stunts.
I'd be wary if it were actually Sun who produced it - not a great idea - but I can't think of a better way to sell a million obsolete Sparcs. The JVM on Sparc is very mature, after all. Ideal. The only trick would be fast native GL drivers on Sparc - I've no idea what the performance is on that platform but it would have to compete with XBox.
What I would
really appreciate is some kind of home computer based on this system. Like a C64 or Amiga - switch it on, it does its thing. Program it using a built-in Java IDE perhaps. Something you can play with to learn. The market's still there, it's still massive, and it's entirely empty since the last Amiga/ST vanished from the world.
Cas
