Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:45:03 -0500 From: eqe@cox.net To: Scott Likens <damm@yazzy.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why support alpha?? Message-ID: <200312102045.03272.eqe@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1071064607.1798.3.camel@desolation.livid.de> References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> <1071064607.1798.3.camel@desolation.livid.de>
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On Wednesday 10 December 2003 08:56, you wrote: > On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 19:43, 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. > > > > BTW to all the alpha people don't flame me flame compaq and dec for > > selling it to them!! > > Okay i'll feed the troll. > > Why support an architecture that is ambivelent as the Alpha? let alone > code for it? > > Why should we Code FreeBSD? Wouldn't our efforts be better used on > Microsoft's side? > > Why couldn't we merge Linux and FreeBSD into one whole pile of goop and > reform 'Unix(tm)'. > > When it comes to the open source community it's called CS. We like to > experiment, learn, grow beyond what we see always. > > Supporting the Alpha is both a fundamental thing, and an experiment, a > learning process for each and every one. > > Just like how coding for FreeBSD teach's us new and unique things, we > learn, we grow beyond what Microsoft wants us to be. > > So to answer your question, > > Alpha is supported because we want to, we like it, and if you don't like > it then why don't you ask the linux mailing lists the same damned thing. > > Because Linux supports 5x the amount of arch's as we do, (not as well I > think). > > So go waste your time where it's better trolled. first, I am no troll secondly you seem to have good reasons I have not really concidered, I find you argument for alpha to be reasonable however though I have learned something from this I can not excuse your rashness, so fuck off for calling me a troll genius.
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