> > As much as I applaud forcing Microsoft to evolve by threatening
> them with
> > rival operating systems, I can't imagine Compaq could completely drop NT
> > support from the Alpha and not lost major revenue. Anyone
> closer to this
> > know the story?
>
> It appears Compaq is bleeding red ink, and Alpha/NT is not very profitable
> for them short term. Further, in effect, by putting Alpha 64 bit
> development resources, they are really helping out Intel's IA-64 Merced by
> insuring there will be a 64 bit NT/Win2000 ready when Merced
> actually rolls
> out.
This has me boggled as well. At the Compaq conference a few weeks ago (at
which Capellas, the new CEO, gave the opening remarks), there was no
indication of this whatsoever. The Alphas they had setup were running Tru64
for the most part, but they did have a couple Alpha systems running Win2K,
showing those off.
Hmm... Once I get my CD covering the conference events, I'll have to go
over his opening remarks and look for clues that this would happen. I do
know that Capellas intended to shake things up at Compaq, but this seems so
bizarre.
Aaron
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