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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: New 3.0-SNAP [was Re: infinite loop in sysinstall]
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 21:38:16 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Louis Epstein <le@put.com>
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Louis Epstein wrote:

> ALPHA support?
> Will FreeBSD-x86 and FreeBSD-DEC ALPHA be separately released then?

No, I think we'll be doing it pretty much "NetBSD style" - e.g.
syncronized releases across all (two :-) supported platforms.

> As far as SMP goes,I see you have plans for a four processor version,
> and know Intel has been involved with massively parallel supercomputing;
> will FreeBSD one day be able to handle mainframes and supers and drive
> the "unfree" OS people out of business?

I doubt that we'll be driving anyone out of business, but I certainly
hope to see FreeBSD running on truly aggressive SMP implementations,
yes.

> So this will be a while...209 and 505 have been CDed for them I guess?

No, we've yet to do a 3.0 SNAPshot on CD.  The SNAP subscribers have
been waiting awhile for the next one and I'm afraid they're going to
have to wait just a little longer. :)

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.