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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!paik From: paik@eng.pko.dec.com (Samuel S. Paik) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Announcing the release of NetBSD/Alpha Date: 27 Feb 1995 19:05:47 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, 3D Device Support Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3it7qb$fn5@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <3idg8m$kbv@cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu> <3iil44$rk9@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <3ij3of$ccf@agate.berkeley.edu> <3ij4dq$ibe@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pvision5.eng.pko.dec.com matthew c. mead <mmead@goof.com> wrote: > Definite of great significance, but it really doesn't sound like >NetBSD/Alpha (which, as the original replier pointed out, should be alpha >release of NetBSD/AXP) is "not just a kernel hacker's toy." No no. The correct name is "Alpha". Evolution of "official" marketing names: Alpha -> AXP -> Alpha AXP -> Alpha who knows what it will be called next quarter. Sam -- Samuel Paik / Digital Equipment Corporation / 3D Device Support paik@avalon.eng.pko.dec.com / 508-493-4048 / I speak only for myself Make it fool-proof and I'll become a bigger fool.