16 Nov
1997
16 Nov
'97
5:15 p.m.
Speaking of Alpha's, is there any chance that I can put my own together? And I
agree... it's just plain stupid, and I hate Intel anyway... kind of like in the
movie "First Knight" where the former deffender becomes the enemy.... or Darth
Vader....... but still, I am on the side of clone makers, and, for high-end,
DEC. Intel's doing something strange.... I think that the Pentium II is just
something to keep clone makers behind, Intel supporters happy, and anti-DEC
bussinesses a new cause, and is just a "in the mean time" solution to Merced
and the P8 (which I've heard is a LONG ways away)
Allison J Parent wrote:
<being sold as "outdated". I know
managers refusing to buy DEC Alpha's
<because the Intel Merced chip is supposed to be available in a couple
<of years - and the first Merced's will be only a bit slower than today's
<currently available Alpha's. Talk about being blown away by vapor...
Lessee, wait a few years to get what's available now. Excuse me I must
be missing something here as doesn't business have to go on in the mean
time??? Talk about pinning hopes on the sky.
This is straight out of the early micro years when products would be hyped
only for the company to go bust before anyone would see it or worse deliver
it years late and working poorly(sorta like WIN95!).
Allison