That's not how Linux works. A recent G+ post of mine:

People don't understand how Linux works these days. I constantly hear "Oh, but you can fork it/use a different distro/make your own" in response to complaints about Linux problems (systemd, for example). But that's simply not true. There are really three distributions that matter: Ubuntu, Fedora, and SuSE. Ubuntu because it's the "common man's Linux." Fedora because it is what becomes Red Hat, which brings us to Red Hat and SuSE are what counts in the business world. No other distribution is significant in comparison - the majority of people that use Linux in the enterprise world must use Red Hat or SuSE. No other choice. Doesn't matter what Slackware or Mint or whoever does - they simply do not matter. So issues like systemd, GNOME 3, wayland, firewalld, etc; are much more significant then the average user or average OSS advocate seems to understand - when we fight and complain about something going into Fedora, complain because it breaks compatibility, etc; getting simply dismissed is not the appropriate response. Linux is not the infant OS project it once was, and the distro wars are over. What will happen, is some people will accept the changes, and others will leave for platforms that are less prone to random decisions

On the contrary, it is open source. And it provides competition for GCC. Competition is good - it will cause the GNU team to have to improve their compiler. LLVM also gives those of us that don't like GCC a free alternative to use (though I doubt it'll ever support my platform of choice).

My middle and high schools had TI-81s for students to use if they did not buy their own (I bought a TI-83 for use in non-math classes, like physics...)

If you read the summary, it clearly says the vector of attack was web servers (such as Apache Tomcat). Most desktops are not running a web server - thus not vulnerable.

If you notice, this doesn't effect desktop Linux users. Only servers.

Except we don't see systemd solving any problems. It is a solution searching for a problem.

We're selling them because there is demand for them.

Also, this device clearly is not targeted to be a desktop replacement.

There's plenty of legacy code for SPARC, MIPS, and POWER. And a lot of code can be recompiled for a different platform without much trouble (and there's plenty that can't).

Honest question:

What can you do on x86, that you can't do on POWER or MIPS?

Unless the firmware flash improved performance...

I suppose that would be on the GCC team then, yes? I'm using it myself (v4.8). I suppose they could try LLVM, but I have no idea how viable that is on AIX.

Operating System - Depends on the use case
Database - Oracle - and what does Oracle prefer it run on? Linux or Solaris
Web Server - Apache HTTPD beats IIS anyday
Server OS? What kind of server? Solaris, AIX, Free/Net/OpenBSD, and IRIX beat Windows anyday.
Compiler? The one that's for the platform you're running. ICC on Intel, SunStudio, MIPSPro, etc. And XCode isn't a compiler - it's an IDE. The compiler is either GCC or LLVM

Doesn't work that way. For the business world, Red Hat IS Linux. And a lot of things that get pushed in other distros start in Fedora (RH).

My SGI and Sun knowledge are why I'm employed....

You mean where management ignores the sysadmin and developer's requests and says you're using this because we paid for it.