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To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (33839)	10/5/1998 5:59:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Pfeiffer on Digital and VMS... John Pfeiffer spells out future for Digital users By David Pendery InfoWorld Electric Posted at 2:09 PM PT, Oct 5, 1998 LOS ANGELES -- Compaq CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer addressed the Digital Equipment Users Society here Monday, sketching out the next phases of Compaq's strategy as the pieces of the Digital puzzle fall into place. "We start from a position of strength," Pfeiffer said by videotape to the audience. "You will see that Compaq is driving many of the key technologies and solutions that define computing into the new millennium. "It accelerates the process to transform Compaq from a product-oriented PC company, to a global IT leader," Pfeiffer continued. The key defining directions of the future of computing, according to Pfeiffer and other Compaq representatives, include Windows NT and an increasing focus on 64-bit hardware and software architectures. Compaq will blend the two themes in January 1999, with the release of its 64-bit OpenVMS operating system, Version 7.2., and its Galaxy architecture for OpenVMS. Both products were announced Monday. The upgrades allow for two to three instances of OpenVMS in single servers, enhanced clustering capabilities, Fibre Channel support, and a slew of other enhancements that improve OpenVMS/NT interoperability. "We are trying to treat VMS as if it was full member of a distributed NT domain," said John Wisniewski, a Compaq spokesman. Other upcoming products also highlight Compaq's growing interest in 64-bit technology. The company is readying a new workstation, the VMStation, which runs OpenVMS, for release in the first quarter of 1999, Wisniewski said. The unit will run on 64-bit Alpha processors. Other 64-bit initiatives include Compaq taking orders beginning Oct. 12 for servers powered by its next-generation Alpha processor, called alternatively EV6 or LT6; development of Alpha Servers running 16-to-32 processors to be released by late 1999; and enhanced use of 64-bit PCI technology in its midrange 4000 line of Alpha Servers in 1999. Compaq is even rolling out an Alpha training program in the fourth quarter of this year, to be used both internally and by the company's network of channel partners, said Ray Villareal, vice president of enterprise computing at Compaq.

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (33839)	10/5/1998 6:36:00 PM
From: Jimbo Cobb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Funk: R U looking for a big rally day tomorrow thanks to Soros & MOT ?? Do you think long-term bond yield will drop to 3.5 % ?? If so, there's plenty of money left to be made in boring old bonds !! Do you think Joe Kernan likes riding in that Winnebago ?? Do you think this fat hog of a market is finally finished ?? Do you think Boston Market will still take my expired coupons since they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy or should I go back to KFC?? 3.