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From: "Calvin Vette (IT- Borders Online)" <CVETTE@borders.com>
To: netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG, 'Jim Wise' <jwise@unicast.com>
Subject: RE: DEC/Compaq donating to Linux Alpha port
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:41:27 -0400
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Making requests for hardware and funding from these companies, writing
proposals, grant requests, etc...

The money and support are out there, we just don't have the people behind us
asking for it.

> ----------
> From: 	Jim Wise[SMTP:jwise@unicast.com]
> Sent: 	Monday, October 19, 1998 3:24 PM
> To: 	netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: 	DEC/Compaq donating to Linux Alpha port
> 
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> I stumbled accross the following just now, about Compaq officially
> donating equipment to help Linux/Alpha.  It seems to me that this is the
> third or fourth time I've seen a non-x86 platform vendor donate
> equipment to help another free unix get running on a platform that we're
> miles ahead on, probably because they don't know about us...  (Sun with
> FreeBSD, HP and DEC with Linux).  DEC has helped us in the past with the
> StrongARM port -- what should we be doing to keep NetBSD awareness up?
> 
>  
> 
> 
> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>          Debian GNU/Linux
>          http://www.debian.org/
>          Compaq donates Alpha to Debian
>          October 19, 1998
> 
> - ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>          >> News
> 
> DEC/Compaq has donated an Alpha PCI 64-275 to the Debian project.  The
> system will be used to continue development on the Alpha port of the
> distribution.  The Debian GNU/Linux Alpha distribution is scheduled to
> be included in the 2.1 'Slink' release (set for the end of November).
> 
> They system specifications are:
> DEC ETN30-BN Alpha, 275Mhz Processor, 1.2Gb Quantum Fireball disk, 128Mb
> RAM, Teac 35X IDE CD-ROM, DEC DC21140 PCI Ethernet card, PCI S3 Vision
> 864 Video card, and a NCR 53c810 PCI SCSI card.
> 
> The Debian Project is grateful for this donation.  It will enable work
> on the Alpha distribution to progress more smoothly and allow for a more
> streamlined and stable distribution.
> 
> Thanks to Compaq Computer Corporation for making this donation possible
> and also to Jon "maddog" Hall for personally donating 64Mb of additional
> RAM to the system.
> 
> 
>          >> About Debian
> 
> Debian GNU/Linux is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating
> system. It is maintained and updated through the work of many users who
> volunteer their time and effort.
> 
> Linux kernel based operating systems are POSIX based, freely
> distributable, and includes features such as true multitasking, virtual
> memory, shared libraries, demand loading, proper memory management,
> TCP/IP networking, and other features consistent with Unix-type systems.  
> It is used by individuals and organizations worldwide.
> 
> 
>          >> Contact Information 
> 
> For further information, please send email to the Debian Press Contact
> press@debian.org or visit the Debian homepage at http://www.debian.org/.
> 
> For more information about the Debian GNU/Linux Alpha distribution,
> please visit the Alpha port page at http://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/.
> A debian-alpha mailing list is also available.  To subscribe, please
> visit the Mailing List Subscription page at
> http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/subscribe.
> 
> For more information about the Compaq Computer Corporation please visit
> their web site at http://www.compaq.com/.
> 
> 
>          -- 
>          Nils Lohner                             E-Mail: lohner@debian.org
>          Debian Press Contact                    Press: press@debian.org
> 
> 
> 
> - -- 
> 				Jim Wise
> 				jwise@unicast.com
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