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To: rudedog who wrote (27197)	6/5/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

rudedog, Thanks for the great post. Reinforced some of my thoughts from a non technical general business prospective. NW

To: rudedog who wrote (27197)	6/5/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Roads End	Respond to of 97611

rudedog...Thanks for your contributions and the sharing of your knowledge base. I have used your posts as examples for my young son as to why it is important to understand more than just how to click a mouse button and to stimulate a desire to learn more about this fascinating industry. Steve

To: rudedog who wrote (27197)	6/5/1998 12:37:00 PM
From: James Parker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

S3 & COMPAQ COMPUTER GRAPHICS Franz I thought that a fellow investors might be interested in knowing that Compaq is using S3 (SIII) Compaq S3 ViRGE graphics controller, and S3 Graphics Driver, compaq.com You may also be interested in knowing all of the other big name companies that use S3 products. have a look s3.com It's not a Intel or IBM but S3 is one of the biggest companies in it's field. thank you jp

To: rudedog who wrote (27197)	6/5/1998 1:32:00 PM
From: Senator949	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Franz and Rudedog, Something Rudedog forgot to mention is also the cost advantage of Alpha over Intel. Cost advantage? you say. Most definitely. The only reason Alpha is more expensive is the low volumes. Once people realize and accept the fact that Alpha can do anything an Intel chip can at twice the speed or greater you'll see volume increase and costs go down. IMHO I think Compaq buying DEC for their Services is a smoke screen and the real reason was to get control of Alpha. If DEC(Compaq) can get the quantities up there should be be tremendous potential here. The numbers I've seen (can't remenber where) show that Alpha has a lower transistor count than a Pentium II (I think maybe even Pentium MMX) so if they can get some Alpha acceptance in the market we'll see it really take off. Robin