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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

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