From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jan 27 16:36:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24921 for alpha-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:36:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gateway.sequent.com (gateway.sequent.com [138.95.18.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24915 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:36:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from seifert@sequent.com) Received: from eng4.sequent.com (eng4.sequent.com [138.95.7.64]) by gateway.sequent.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA29350 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:35:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (seifert@localhost) by eng4.sequent.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA29712 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:35:45 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199801280035.QAA29712@eng4.sequent.com> X-Authentication-Warning: eng4.sequent.com: seifert@localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Alpha Date: Tue, 27 Jan 98 16:35:43 PST From: David Seifert Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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