From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 19:42:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85FEE16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:42:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao03.cox.net (lakemtao03.cox.net [68.1.17.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7418043D28 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:42:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eqe@cox.net) Received: from merlin ([68.110.209.157]) by lakemtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031210034200.KOLO2192.lakemtao03.cox.net@merlin> for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 22:42:00 -0500 From: eqe@cox.net Organization: Dark Ronin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 22:43:02 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> Subject: why support alpha?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 03:42:02 -0000 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. BTW to all the alpha people don't flame me flame compaq and dec for selling it to them!! Sign, Eriq lamar