Date: Tue, 27 Jan 98 16:35:43 PST From: David Seifert <seifert@sequent.com> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Alpha Message-ID: <199801280035.QAA29712@eng4.sequent.com>
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> Don't Intel's processors account for 100% of all processors > installed in Compaq's boxes though? No. > > If NT r00l3z, wouldn't a company like Compaq enjoy the advantage of > > being able to manufacture its own CPUs for its workstations and > > servers? > > I thought Digital has sold most of its production facilities to Intel > as part of that lawsuit settlement last fall? Meaning that Compaq hasn't > actually acquired a lot of manufacturing units as part of this deal... Digital sold their (soon to be obsolete) FAB to Intel. Presumably they still have lots of non-FAB manufacturing capacity. Since Compaq and Digital have been talking about this for two years or so, I'm assuming Compaq didn't want the FAB or Digital wouldn't have sold it. > > Wouldn't Compaq also like to have machines running Digital UNIX to > > compete in the UNIX server market, where it has no real presence other > > than SCO right now? > > I would doubt that. Probably it's more appealing to Compaq to be friends > with the M company and their NT, and also with Intel, rather then compete > with them both. So it would be easier for them to say that NT rules the > world, and convince of that all those fortune 500 companies, especially > given the fact that NT already runs on Alphas. Besides, NT certainly beats > any given Unix, right? *g* Compaq wants to have a full range of computers. Tandem gave them the very high end fault-tolerant systems, Digital fills the gap between The Tandem stuff and Compaq's consumer products. Compaq needs Unix for this mission. NT can't get the job done. > Even if IA-64 is going to suck, it will all be about marketing and related > areas... What else is new? -Dave
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