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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.Gsu.EDU!nntp.ipst.edu!gt-news!coleman From: coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu (Richard Coleman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: DEC Alpha port of NetBSD Date: 25 Nov 1995 08:57:44 GMT Organization: School of Mathematics, Ga. Tech Lines: 21 Message-ID: <slrn4bdmff.43l.coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu> References: <491ie8$4tg@taiwan.informatik.uni-rostock.de> <MICHAELV.95Nov23103449@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Reply-To: coleman@math.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: redwood.skiles.gatech.edu X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.2.1) | If i remember right, there exist an Alpha port of NetBSD. I've read | in the german UnixOpen magazine that there is a completely new port of | LINUX for th Alpha hardware. | Who can explain, why the developers at DEC begin from scratch and | don't choose NetBSD? | | Who can say? Linux-mania? | | My impression is that the NetBSD approach was much cleaner, at least | during development. And, DEC *used* to be a BSD shop. | | All I can say is that NetBSD/Alpha is here, is a fully operational | port of NetBSD, is fully 64-bit, and is being actively maintained by a | very capable individual. It the Alpha port a part of the main development sources, or is it a port separate from the main development baseline? Richard Coleman coleman@math.gatech.edu