From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Oct 13 21:24:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA03981 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:24:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from calis.BlackSun.org (slip-ppp-4-198.escape.com [205.160.46.198]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03968 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:24:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from don@calis.BlackSun.org) Received: from localhost (don@localhost) by calis.BlackSun.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA12484; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 12:24:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from don@calis.BlackSun.org) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 12:24:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Don To: Robert Huff cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PALcode In-Reply-To: <199810140141.VAA11124@shell1.cybercom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > As someone whose only stake is as a (very) interested potential > customer ... I would accept - in fact, would prefer - moderate > limitations on the hardware base if it means better internal > dynamics (and by extension less grief in developing the initial and > subsequent kernels, etc.). I have to agree here. If we are going to put supporting all alpha hardware above creating a real unix os then why dont we simply run NT? -don To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message