From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 20:48:04 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 A9E9F16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 20:48:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2A1543D29 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 20:48:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id hBA4lwNO058272; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 22:47:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 22:47:58 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Eriq Lamar Message-ID: <20031210044757.GF2435@dan.emsphone.com> References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> <20031210035325.GA34845@dragon.nuxi.com> <1071030635.14355.7.camel@merlin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1071030635.14355.7.camel@merlin> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 04:48:04 -0000 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