Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:53:25 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: eqe@cox.net Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why support alpha?? Message-ID: <20031210035325.GA34845@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net>
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On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:43:02PM -0500, eqe@cox.net wrote: > Isn't alpha dead? Why bother supporting them in 5.2 it seems like wasted > energy. Yes people still use it but for them there is 4.9 which works > fine. You could better serve the freebsd community by focusing on the > future of computing like amd64, great dual support, better drivers, etc. > and most people know this, so why not let alpha die. I personally like > alpha but it has no future. What is the purpose of this email?!? I work at AMD, have several AMD64 machines at my disposal, and yet I still had an interest to fire my Alpha and test FreeBSD 5.2-RC on it. So what's your point? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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