Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 19:07:20 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: mark@quickweb.com (Mark Mayo) Cc: peter@taronga.com, p.richards@elsevier.co.uk, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Alpha Based Machines (Was: Re: IBM 57SLC) Message-ID: <199611281807.TAA00639@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.961128105854.14643A-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com> from "Mark Mayo" at Nov 28, 96 11:09:48 am
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As Mark Mayo wrote... > On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Peter da Silva wrote: > > > > How many of us now have Alphas? I bought 2 multia's last month one of > > > which has NT on it and one has Linux. A FreeBSD Alpha port might now > > > have enough bodies around to make a good go of it. > I don't think they're racing for PC priced Alpha's > because they're waiting for a 64-bit NT. If you look at pretty much > everything DEC has been doing lately, it can be summarized as sucking up > to Microsoft... They are betting on NT in a big way, and they want to be > the first platform that a 64-bit NT runs on. Internal rumors say the deal > was roughly "We'll give you clusters for NT, you make NT run 64-bit on > our Alpha". With the PPro really getting up there in performance (and > price), the Alpha may finally have a competitor - which I think is good > cause it will attract attention in the business world. The Alpha has the > advantage (real or not) of being 64-bit. If they can convince Mickeysoft > to make a 64-bit NT, they're going to have a foot hold on the high-end NT There is even talk about running NT on the Turbolaser class machines (Alphaserver 8[24]00). Can you say 'Altavista on NT' ? I just visited DEC Colorado Springs and almost everything smells like NT these days (apart from VMS that is). Makes you wonder. Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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