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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



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