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Subject: Re: why support alpha??
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On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 22:53, David O'Brien wrote:
> 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?!?
1. why not read the message body I think I explained it in plain
english.
> So what's your point?
2. for my point read 1.