Re: Suggested press release in reaction to RHAT dropping sparc and alpha

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org> wrote:

> I might be inclined to try and keep the tone more positive, with
> greater emphasis on our advantages than their limitations -- I suspect
> the terms "hostage" and "agendas" may just inflame various people
> without much positive benefit 

Absolutely.
>                               otherwise, that is unless RedHat has
> somehow upset us enough lately that we really do consider them an
> adversary.
> 
> Maybe replace "Because ..." with something like
> 
>   Debian, as an all volunteer organization can afford to support any
>   architecture for which there is sufficient community interest.  This
>   should promise a long healthy life for our both our Alpha and Sparc
>   binary distributions

That's very good Rob!

Peter