On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 16:17 -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > > Well, it served its purpose. It wiped out MIPS, SGI, HP, and DEC as > microprocessor competitors and left only IBM.
Actually, Compaq killed the Alpha, not Intel. DIGITAL was ready to release a new, far faster Alpha when Compaq purchased them and killed it. Samsing continued to make processors for some time, but even those may be no more. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
