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Re: As 2.0 looms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kai Henningsen)
Mon Apr 29 18:35:55 1996
Date: 28 Apr 1996 14:38:00 +0200
From: kai@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960424223035.3119C-100000@smbtech.com>
gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au (Paul Gortmaker) wrote on 25.04.96 in <9604250809.AA30267@rsphy9.anu.edu.au>:
> As a side note, I found non-computer types tend to correlate the term
> "Alpha drivers" with the alpha-axp hardware, and not realize that it
> refers to the maturity of the code. Perhaps a clearer term or phrase is
> in order here, since more and more newbies are building kernels (which
> is good).
Pragmatic solution: s/alpha/beta-test/
Most people know what a beta test is, and we don't have a beta
architecture. Besides, it will help that "test" is in there.
MfG Kai
