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To: Elmer who wrote (47835)	1/29/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 1583406

Elmer, DEC tried it for years with little success. There have always been more Alphas than customers Here are the original quotes from The Register which started this discussion: According to confidential documents seen by The Register, .25 micron 533MHz Alphas will ramp to high volume in spring. They currently cost $250/1000. And when the 800MHz Alpha is released later on this year, it will also be priced at the $250 volume mark. ..... The pricing information we have seen means that large PC OEMs, including Compaq, Dell and HP, can ship 64-bit systems this year, possibly using Linux rather than NT, at a fraction of the cost a Wintel box will cost. Scumbria