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From: alexandr@stimpy.eecis.udel.edu (Jerry Alexandratos)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Info on what is planned for 3.0?
Date: 20 Dec 1996 21:08:55 GMT
Organization: Mos Eisley Candy Store
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In article <32B9E4D7.41C67EA6@freebsd.org>,
John S. Dyson <dyson@freebsd.org> wrote:
:Louis Epstein wrote:
:> : (that kind of SMP that the SMP guys decide on implementing.)
:> :
:> : I believe that there will be a committed effort by at least a few of the
:> : core team members to support a new architecture also. I for one, intend to
:> : support that effort (working for the lead person on that team)
:> : whole-heartedly.
:>
:> Hmm,what does FreeBSD gain by expanding beyond its niche?
:>
:People climb mountains because they are there. We also need to prove
:(and
:debug) some of the concepts to make sure that they are indeed machine
:independent.
:
:I suspect that the X86 will still be the predominant FreeBSD
:architecture for
:the next couple of years, but I really do think that the Alpha will be
:somewhere
:in there also.
What about the PowerPC? Does FreeBSD foresee it in it's future? It
would be nice to be able to do something useful with a Macintoy. 8)
--Jerry
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