Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 22:47:58 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Eriq Lamar <eqe@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why support alpha?? Message-ID: <20031210044757.GF2435@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <1071030635.14355.7.camel@merlin> References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> <20031210035325.GA34845@dragon.nuxi.com> <1071030635.14355.7.camel@merlin>
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In the last episode (Dec 09), Eriq Lamar said: > 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. You are more than welcome to redirect your personal coding efforts to whatever platform you see fit. So are we :) -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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