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From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com>
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Subject: Re: FBSD & Itanium?
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 11:37:31 -0800
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> FreeBSD Alpha does not have the maturity of FreeBSD Intel, but it is
making
> great progress because of a few enthusiasts who recognize its great
> potential.

That's excellent to hear.

> Meanwhile the Itanium, if it ever becomes reality, is an answer in search
of
> a question.

Which is why my vote goes to Hammer.  Taking FreeBSD to x86-64 should not be
anything near the work of taking it to any other 64bit Platform.

> Paul Smith




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