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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:14:46 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Geoffrey <geoffrey@reptiles.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Any ideas why we can't even boot a i386 ?
Message-ID:  <200302280414.h1S4Ek9X055051@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20030227230123.M28626-100000@iguana.reptiles.org>
References:  <XFMail.20030227183209.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030227230123.M28626-100000@iguana.reptiles.org>

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<<On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:09:56 -0500 (EST), Geoffrey <geoffrey@reptiles.org> said:

> 	I was evidently under the mistaken impression this was about nuts
> and bolts.  If we are to focus on window dressing, we are definitely
> hozed.

We focus on what's actually useful to the plurality of users.  Support
for a processor that was functionally obsolete ten years ago is not
it.  (If you want NetBSD, you know where to find it.)

-GAWollman


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