Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 19:28:28 -0700 From: Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD UNIX left out of IA-64 information Message-ID: <19990604192827.A54505@dub.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906042218190.423-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from Matthew N. Dodd on Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 10:18:55PM -0400 References: <4.2.0.56.19990604175150.046645c0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906042218190.423-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 10:18:55PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > > Intel's site on porting code to the IA-64 > > (http://developer.intel.com/design/ia64/devinfo.htm) gives information > > on Linux, NT, SCO, HP-UX, and Solaris -- but there's not a peep about > > any BSD UNIX. I hope that this doesn't mean that FreeBSD plans to > > self-destruct by failing to port to the next generation of Intel CPUs! > > Why were the BSDs so conspicuously omitted? > > Its a secret plot. Shhsh! Don't tell anyone. > Weeelll... Mike Smith was just standing over my shoulder reading this rather funny email written by Brett and had this to say: "I delegated that duty to Brett Glass at Comdex. This post is most likely a cover-up for his inablity to negotiate a deal with the Intel folks. Tell him he's fired." Woo! :) -Bill -- -=| Bill Swingle - unfurl@dub.net - unfurl@freebsd.org - bill@cdrom.com -=| "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" Pablo Picasso To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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