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To: Greg Jung who wrote (2755)	1/21/1998 8:58:00 AM
From: Samir Jain	Respond to of 3276

Here you go Greg. I hope this helps. Samir -------------------------------------------- Digital to launch NT-only Alphas SOURCE: ComputerWorld DATE: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 ComputerWorld via Individual Inc. : Digital Equipment Corp. is developing a line of Alpha-based Windows NT servers that for the first time will offer near price parity with Intel Corp.-based systems. The idea is to lure more users to Digital's Alpha microprocessor platform by removing the entry-price barrier that has kept all but the most performance- conscious users out of the Alpha fold. Alpha products previously cost 20% to 30% more than comparably configured Intel systems. Digital's newest servers, which are slated to be announced next week, will feature a slightly tweaked version of the Alpha chip, modified to run only on Windows NT, said Terry Shannon, editor of ''Shannon Knows DEC,'' a newsletter in Ashland, Mass. Alpha firmware, required to boot OpenVMS and Digital Unix, is being removed from the latest version of the chip as part of Digital's attempt to position it as a Windows NT-only product, Shannon said. MORE POWER Digital's Alpha-based NT systems offer significantly more raw performance than Intel-based servers. By lowering prices, Digital hopes to attract more performance-hungry users who have stayed away from Alpha because of the price, said Joseph Ferlazzo, an analyst at Technology Business Research, Inc., in Hampton, N.H. This is the first time Digital has tweaked an Alpha chip to exclude the OpenVMS and Digital Unix operating systems. Digital's moves come at a time when it is struggling to grow Alpha product revenue. In its latest quarter ended Dec. 27, Alpha server revenue grew by a mere 2% over the same period the previous year, while workstation revenue dipped by 27%. <<ComputerWorld -- 01-19-98, p. 3>> [01-20-98 at 17:47 EDT, Copyright 1998, ComputerWorld, File: x0120015.8dc]