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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:32:32 -0800
From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
Cc: Geoffrey <geoffrey@reptiles.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Any ideas why we can't even boot a i386 ?
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On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 11:14:46PM -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:09:56 -0500 (EST), Geoffrey <geoffrey@reptiles.org> said:
> 
> > 	I was evidently under the mistaken impression this was about nuts
> > and bolts.  If we are to focus on window dressing, we are definitely
> > hozed.
> 
> We focus on what's actually useful to the plurality of users.  Support
> for a processor that was functionally obsolete ten years ago is not
> it.  (If you want NetBSD, you know where to find it.)
> 

Amen.

-- 
Steve

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