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To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: [hackers:] Architectural advice needed 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 14:04:20 -0800
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>> Actually, that list hasn't been used for over a year and should
>> probably be retired.  I don't think it ever fulfilled its purpose.
>
>That's because no-one ever talks about architecture stuff anymore, and
>just 'implements' nowadays.  I think it *could* fulfill its purpose if
>it was actually promoted/used.  I would have used it in the past if I
>thought it would be monitored, although it wasn't.  Could we consider it
>'back in use' for questions such as Julians?

   That's silly. Of course we talk about architectural issues. It's just that
these days it's easier for me and others to pick up the phone and call the
interested parties or send directed email than it is to send to lists full
of indifferent people.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project