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To: ericneu who wrote (69827)	8/25/1999 2:48:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 1576811

Eric - <There's no "scaling back" going on at Microsoft - the development of 64-bit NT (er, Win2000) continues. Actually, 64-bit NT has already been demo'd, both on the Merced simulator and on Alpha. The recent announcement is purely a Compaq decision, not a joint Compaq/Microsoft one.> Thank you for the timely clarification. <(Following IMHO only - not the view of my employer, blah blah) Xeons and Profusion scale pretty nicely, are better understood by most IT staff, and cost less than Alphas. Alpha, never a large player to begin with, was being ignored by the consumers in the NT Server marketplace. I think this is just a case of Compaq facing reality, nothing more.> Thank you again! Great commentary. PB