[ale] [Fwd: End of the line for Alpha?]

[andy]

I believe SGI machines have that Jurassic responsibility

Dan Newcombe wrote:

> (Wow - it's amazing all the junk you find when trying to find info. Though
> I did find this - http://cnnfn.com/digitaljam/9710/07/sun/  and in the
> "quit your whining"
> http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/971007/tech/stories/gte_1.html)
>
> Anyway, the thing that I find odd about the Intel/Digital thing is that
> there is no info about it on Digital's page.  You'd think they'd want to
> silence a rumor like this ASAP.
>
> I am hoping that the followup saying that they are going to cooperate is
> true, if not that is the end of the Alpha, and goodbye to Jurassic Park 3
> (do you really think all that can still be done on Intels? :)
>
> On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>
> > Check this out, you alpha users...
> >
> > glen mccready wrote:
> >
> > > Forwarded-by: Kam T Tam <Kam.T.Tam at cmis.CSIRO.AU>
> > > From: "Robert L. McMillin" <rlm at syseca-us.com>
> > >
> > > For those who haven't seen it yet on page A3 of today's Wall Street
> > > Journal, there's an article on the fate of the Alpha (as resulting from
> > > the Digital/Intel lawsuit/counter-suit) at
> > >
> > >          http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?97106.ealpha.htm
> > >
> > > Now, my crystal ball is pretty hazy, and I have no idea what they're
> > > thinking at both DEC and Intel, but I wonder if this isn't the death
> > > knell for the Alpha platform.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Until later:
> > Geoffrey Myers   geof at abraxis.com
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Dan Newcombe                                      newcombe at mordor.clayton.edu
> "Maybe you were always beyond my reach and my heart was playing safe, But was
>  that love in your eye I saw or the reflection of mine?"  --Marillion