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Date:      Mon, 02 Dec 1996 17:35:31 +0000
From:      Matt Thomas <matt@lkg.dec.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, jehamby@lightside.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD/Alpha (was Re: COMDEX trip report) 
Message-ID:  <199612021735.RAA01213@whydos.lkg.dec.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Dec 1996 16:28:23 PST." <5015.849486503@time.cdrom.com> 

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> > 3) Supported by a large group of vendors, second only to Intel
> >   processors.  Alpha is supported by... well... DEC.
> 
> True enough, though I'm slightly surprised that they've no second
> sources lined up by now.  Don't most govn't contracts outright
> *require* the presence of a second source before they'll sign a check?
> You'd think that DEC would have at least played enough of the
> game to get someone like Fujitsu lined up as a second source.

Mitsubishi and Samsung are second sources of the Alpha chip.

http://www.samsung.co.kr/news/mpus.html

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Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@3am-software.com
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