Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:41:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: Removing support for TurboChannel machines from -current Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108070839340.82888-100000@beppo> In-Reply-To: <20010807063749.F27191-100000@blues.jpj.net>
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On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Trevor Johnson wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: Actually, I wrote: > > > This is really a wierd conversation to be having on the -alpha > > list, considering the Alpha is all but dead itself, now that > > Compaq has rolled over for Intel -- it is the epitomy, now, of > > "obsolete, unused and irrelevant hardware". > > The Inquirer has a much less pessimistic story: > http://www.theinquirer.net/06080116.htm . Of course, they may have been > deceived. It's a sophist crock. "A different that makes no difference *is* no difference". Just because 5 freakin' years from now there will be a chip that has some of the same features as the current one has not much to do with Alpha as a viable *and* independent from Intel Janissary Central, IMO. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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