From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 17:43:53 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 055D516A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:43:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao01.cox.net (lakemtao01.cox.net [68.1.17.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8954F43D2A for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:43:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eqe@cox.net) Received: from merlin ([68.110.209.157]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031211014349.TAHW23168.lakemtao01.cox.net@merlin>; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:43:49 -0500 From: eqe@cox.net Organization: Dark Ronin To: Scott Likens Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:45:03 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> <1071064607.1798.3.camel@desolation.livid.de> In-Reply-To: <1071064607.1798.3.camel@desolation.livid.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312102045.03272.eqe@cox.net> 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: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:43:53 -0000 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.