> > 1. You have to keep in mind that for Linux, the Alpha was the first
> >    port.  Before this, the Linux kernel only ran on the Intel. 
> 
> That's a convenient rewrite of history.  However, some of us recall
> the `Linux 68k' debacle.  It wasn't that there was no effort to port
> Linux; it was that Linus simply didn't integrate much of the work
> until the Alpha port.

You are missing the point:

	- The m68k was not a clean port and thus was not merged.

	- The Alpha port was the first clean port and was the first
	  one that was fully merged.

My argument still holds.  Doing Linux/Alpha was a more difficult task
since it was the first port of Linux than adding an extra port to the
system.

Miguel.