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 -- Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com 3am Software Foundry WWW URL: http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html Westford, MA Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message
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