Re: future for FBSD on alpha

Dieter <[email protected]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:16:23 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.alpha
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> It is a great shame that Compaq and HP mis-managed this architecture to
> the point of obselesence - totally criminal IMHO.

The criminal part is that Inthell stole (yes stole) technology
from DEC.  DEC could have, and should have, shut Inthell down,
but what's-his-name wimped out.  One has to wonder what happened
under the table.

> As it was - I (only just) migrated to x86 kit (at least it's low power!)

There's AMD64, with DEC technology that was obtained legally and
morally.  Although it is still a case of trying to make a silk
purse (AMD64) from a sow's ear (x86).
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