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To: David S. who wrote (46475)1/26/1998 7:47:00 PM
From: StockMan  Respond to of 186894
 
Looks like News.com reads SI :) :) They are repeating the same thing I said in my last post.

news.com

Stockman



To: David S. who wrote (46475)1/26/1998 7:48:00 PM
From: Elmer  Respond to of 186894
 
<Is there any possibility CPQ may want to put Alpha into ordinary
PCs as another alternative to Pentium chips >

I see little chance of it. Alpha doesn't run x86 software natively. Just like MIPS, PPC, Sparc 680x0, and <fill in the blank> that tried to unseat x86 architecture.

EP



To: David S. who wrote (46475)1/26/1998 7:59:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Respond to of 186894
 
David S. - Re: "any possibility CPQ may want to put Alpha into ordinary PCs as another alternative to Pentium chips and thus drive down Intel's pricing,"

Ask yourself this - Why hasn't DEC done this?

Answer - they would lose even more money!

Paul



To: David S. who wrote (46475)1/27/1998 12:41:00 AM
From: Ian Davidson  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Wintel Wins in Compaq Deal:

news.com

Ian