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From: "Terry C. Shannon" <shannon@world.std.com>
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Steve Strange wrote:
> 
> In article <$t2Bjwxkjp9g@malvm1.mala.bc.ca> dunnett@mala.bc.ca (Malcolm Dunnett) writes:
> 
> >       Once DUnix and NT are firmly established on Intel and Digital is
> >   happily just another "Intel Inside" cloner can anyone see any reason
> >   for them to continue development of Alpha?
> 
> Yes, because Alpha will, by all estimates I've seen, still have a big
> performance advantage over Intel when Merced comes out.  Also, it will
> have a seven-year head start on 64-bit software availability, system
> design experience, etc.   It shouldn't be any big news that Digital
> will build systems based on Merced.  Digital today sells a ton of
> Intel-based systems, and Merced is the natural progression of that.
> Well, maybe it won't be quite as natural a progression as Intel would
> like you to believe, but that aside....  This agreement with Intel
> just makes Alpha that much more attractive, as Digital is no longer
> strapped with the high costs of keeping up with the bleeding edge of
> semiconductor fabrication.  Alpha gets the advantage of the latest
> processes sooner, and for far less cost.  VMS users should be happy
> that VMS happens to run on the fastest, most scalable CPU architecture
> available.
> 

And rumour has it that it's gonna get a lot more scalable next week.
Stay tuned for Interesting Developments at DECUS Anaheim.

Terry Shannon
Who soon will have GALAXY information posted at

http://www.astrumsoftware.com