From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jun 4 19:28:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from toxic.magnesium.net (toxic.magnesium.net [204.188.6.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D056C14F29 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 19:28:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from unfurl@toxic.magnesium.net) Received: (qmail 54536 invoked by uid 1001); 5 Jun 1999 02:28:28 -0000 Date: 4 Jun 1999 19:28:28 -0700 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 19:28:28 -0700 From: Bill Swingle To: "Matthew N. Dodd" Cc: Brett Glass , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD UNIX left out of IA-64 information Message-ID: <19990604192827.A54505@dub.net> References: <4.2.0.56.19990604175150.046645c0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Matthew N. Dodd on Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 10:18:55PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 10:18:55PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > > Intel's site on porting code to the IA-64 > > (http://developer.intel.com/design/ia64/devinfo.htm) gives information > > on Linux, NT, SCO, HP-UX, and Solaris -- but there's not a peep about > > any BSD UNIX. I hope that this doesn't mean that FreeBSD plans to > > self-destruct by failing to port to the next generation of Intel CPUs! > > Why were the BSDs so conspicuously omitted? > > Its a secret plot. Shhsh! Don't tell anyone. > Weeelll... Mike Smith was just standing over my shoulder reading this rather funny email written by Brett and had this to say: "I delegated that duty to Brett Glass at Comdex. This post is most likely a cover-up for his inablity to negotiate a deal with the Intel folks. Tell him he's fired." Woo! :) -Bill -- -=| Bill Swingle - unfurl@dub.net - unfurl@freebsd.org - bill@cdrom.com -=| "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" Pablo Picasso To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message