Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:59:51 -0500 From: eqe@cox.net To: cpghost@cordula.ws Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why support alpha?? Message-ID: <200312102059.51118.eqe@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200312101113.hBABDdo7066348@fw.farid-hajji.net> References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> <20031210054413.GA58841@just.puresimplicity.net> <200312101113.hBABDdo7066348@fw.farid-hajji.net>
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On Wednesday 10 December 2003 06:13, you 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 > > > > No, there's not a lot of future left for the architecture. The writing is > > on the wall, but some would say the same thing for sun4u. However, > > there's still lots of Alpha users running FreeBSD (as evidenced by this > > list) and the continuing Alpha development for FreeBSD. > > Supporting as many architectures as possible is always good > for overall code portability, and therefore code quality. yes, yes, I get it and agree, thx
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