Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:12:22 -0500 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: Eriq Lamar <eqe@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why support alpha?? Message-ID: <20031210111222.k44gcgkgkoskcwkw@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <1071030635.14355.7.camel@merlin> References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> <1071030635.14355.7.camel@merlin>
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Quoting Eriq Lamar <eqe@cox.net>: > On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 22:53, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:43:02PM -0500, eqe@cox.net wrote: > > > Isn't alpha dead? Why bother supporting them in 5.2 it seems like wasted > > > energy. Yes people still use it but for them there is 4.9 which works > > > fine. You could better serve the freebsd community by focusing on the > > > future of computing like amd64, great dual support, better drivers, etc. > > > and most people know this, so why not let alpha die. I personally like > > > alpha but it has no future. > > > > > > What is the purpose of this email?!? > 1. why not read the message body I think I explained it in plain > english. > > So what's your point? > 2. for my point read 1. > Sending mail like this is pretty much flamebait. Alpha is not dead, and last I heard whoever owns rights to it this week is still releasing new hardware, although they aren't hyping it at all. Ken
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