Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:58:27 -0600 From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> To: Yura Socolov <yura@matrix.binary.net> Cc: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Alpha Web page Message-ID: <199801271558.JAA26236@kai.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <19980127072011.01389@matrix.binary.net> References: <199801251804.TAA01299@panke.panke.de> <16311.885757044@time.cdrom.com> <19980127135841.61631@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> <19980127072011.01389@matrix.binary.net>
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Hmm, not having seen anything but the press release of Compaq's acquisition of Digital, the first thought that popped into my head is that Compaq will be building machines around the Alpha in the future. Didn't they challenge Intel once as a member of some consortium that was rallying around the MIPS processor (called ACE maybe)? If NT r00l3z, wouldn't a company like Compaq enjoy the advantage of being able to manufacture its own CPUs for its workstations and servers? Wouldn't Compaq also like to have machines running Digital UNIX to compete in the UNIX server market, where it has no real presence other than SCO right now? Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> On 27 January 1998 at 7:20, Yura Socolov <yura@matrix.binary.net> wrote: > > > > Is there a FreeBSD/Alpha Web page? > > I wrote a little page. See > > http://www.freebsd.org/~wosch/freebsd-alpha/ > > I hate to be the one saying this, but now, given alpha's questionable > future, based on Compaq's and DEC's decision to kill any progress in favor > of elite Intel's chips, do people here still generally think there is > much point in continuing this port? > > I would personally love to see it happen, and i'm sure there will still > be a lot of alpha hardware around for quite some time, but will there > be any future without further development of the hardware? > > Compaq will continue working on alpha? Right. > > Please don't take this as 'you are all wasting your time doing useless > stuff', i admire everyone's work here, i merely would like to hear some > opinions from people who know this better. > > Thank you for your time. > > -- Yura Socolov <yura@binary.net> FP: A7192ABD96E15F5 19AB21E60C34109 > -- Systems Administrator, Binary Net http://www.binary.net/ > -- > -- "How many sysadmins does it take to manage a Zero Administration network?" > -- -- a.s.r
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