Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 15:09:59 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Cc: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk, peter@taronga.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha Based Machines (Was: Re: IBM 57SLC) Message-ID: <199611282209.PAA01188@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199611281357.HAA21153@bonkers.taronga.com> from "Peter da Silva" at Nov 28, 96 07:57:02 am
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> > How many of us now have Alphas? I bought 2 multia's last month one of > > which has NT on it and one has Linux. A FreeBSD Alpha port might now > > have enough bodies around to make a good go of it. > > I think that if you want to work on BSD on the Alpha you'd probably be better > off working with the NetBSD or OpenBSD folks, who already have ports... > > I think that FreeBSD is clearly the easiest and most accessible BSD port out > there, and keeping all the FreeBSD effort behind the one arrow is reasonable, > isn't it? After all, we already have two teams working on the "support all > platforms" front. "...all the FreeBSD effort behind one arrow..."? Them's management code words for "we're going to be downsizing because if 150 people is too few people to do something, maybe 120 people won't be..."! > Those Multias are damn cute, but I'm afraid that they're a one-shot thing. I > can't seem to convince any of the DEC people I talk to that a REAL PC-priced > Alpha box is an economic necessity if they're going to survive long-term. When they argue against it, casually mention Ken Olsen's statements about PC's, and the current value of their stock options... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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