OffTopic: Intel's dependent on the Alpha chip...

Here's some ammo for the anti-Intel folks... --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 ! -----Original Message----- ! From: Grant Bechler [mailto:GrantB@plaid.com] ! Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:35 PM ! To: AlphaNT Mailing List ! Subject: [alphant] Intel's dependent on the Alpha chip (From the ! inquirer) ! ! ! Howdy All, ! ! I thought that Aaron would get a kick out of this article ! ! http://213.219.40.69/01110105.htm ! ! "WE WONDERED WHY DOUG BUSCH, the IT manager at Intel, went ! all coy on us ! yesterday when we asked about the systems running in its factories ! (fabrication plants) and a little bit of investigation has ! revealed the ! answer. ! Its fabs are heavily dependent on Alpha microprocessors and ! run OpenVMS to ! ensure that blue screens of death or glitches in its own ! chips don't bring ! the production lines down..."