Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
> 
> Dave Burgess wrote: 
> >abandonment of the Alpha, the only real contenders for the multiplatform
> >support are Linux (with three platforms supported) and NetBSD (with 22).

> Two platforms may not be a lot.  And it's a helluva lot less than
> NetBSD supports.  But, to be pedantic, two is still "multi". :-)

Well, in my book, two is 'dual', three is 'tri', and I might be willing
to view four as 'quad', but as twenty-two is an order of magnitude
greater
than two, I don't think it's appropriate to use the same terminology for
both
NetBSD and NT. 

NT is dual-platform, NetBSD is multi-platform.


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	David W. Maxwell			david@vex.net
		--<  Free your pocketbook -- pay homage to Bill >--
	NT working ports: 386+PC, Dec Alpha
	NT ports in progress: none known..

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>   Michael L. VanLoon                           michaelv@MindBender.serv.net
>         --<  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x  >--
>     NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3,
>         Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32...
>     NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others...
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