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On 09/04/2014 12:42 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
> 
> Or we could give up on the Alpha.
> 

If Alpha is turning into Voyager (kept alive only as a museum piece, but
actively causing problems) then please let's kill it.

	-hpa