From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 19:53:29 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 86DC416A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:53:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9122243D29 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:53:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBA3rQRm034864; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:53:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBA3rPAe034863; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:53:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:53:25 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: eqe@cox.net Message-ID: <20031210035325.GA34845@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why support alpha?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org 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 03:53:29 -0000 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:43:02PM -0500, eqe@cox.net wrote: > 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. What is the purpose of this email?!? I work at AMD, have several AMD64 machines at my disposal, and yet I still had an interest to fire my Alpha and test FreeBSD 5.2-RC on it. So what's your point? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)