Re: As 2.0 looms

Kai Henningsen (kai@khms.westfalen.de)
28 Apr 1996 14:38:00 +0200


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