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To: rudedog who wrote (67113)	8/30/1999 2:24:00 AM
From: Ted Foster	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Gee, You'all must burn the midnight oil in Houston. Certainly, no problem dropping Nt32 and 64 off Alpha if that is the way to go. But it doesn't seem like it was very considerate not to inform MSFT beforehand. Second; I was looking to purchase an Alpha based workstation basically for Linux, but it would be nice to be able to run 32 bit MSFT. This ought to be reasonably mature by now whether CPQ supports it or not. Should not the speed lost by translation be somewhat compensated for by the increased CPU, buss, and memory speed of Alpha now at 833 Mhz? Third, granted that Merced and IA64 are less than the best systems, doesn't it give Merced the edge that it can run all Wintel 32 bit offerings? This may not be important in the special purpose server market, but I can see advantages in workstations and general purpose servers. (This is not to say that Linux is not superior in workstations). Fourth: CPQ is saying that NT32 has come of age and has the scalability and the reliability to compete with Unix in the 24/365 market. No doubt it is some feat to herd 8 Intel processors together, but whether it is going to run Sun off the map is highly problematical.

To: rudedog who wrote (67113)	8/30/1999 12:05:00 PM
From: rich evans	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

>The argument that ISVs would not want to support two nearly identical platforms for 64 < I wonder if CPQ gave up development and support of NT64 for Alpha because of pressure from INTEL. If you read the Judges opinion regarding Intels tactics with Intergraph, the same type of tactics could have forced CPQ to give up on Alpha for NT2000 or lose cooperation from INTEL on proliant, IA 64 etc. Alpha with NT64 was supposed to have a big lead on IA64 and better performance and it seems strange to me that it has been abandoned. I bet the Alpha man-Rob Young- might agree that Intel is at the bottom of this. Rich