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To: Jill who wrote (117228)	4/13/1999 8:25:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Ref:Msft/CPQ and ALPHA Jill: I can't say,we better ask some techno savvy threadsters about the advantage.Since Intel is coming out with 64 bit chip in Mid 2000 the advantage for CPQ may be short-lived,if there is one to begin with.Also read the comments by T.R Webb given in the last paragraph,according to him it is not all that big a deal except for a niche application. Don't look very threatening to me,then again what do I know. ================= Intel has committed to making its 64-bit chip available in mid-2000, and Microsoft promises that 64-bit Windows 2000 for Intel will be delivered at the same time. ...... Any enhancements to the current versions of Windows NT for Alpha will be welcome improvements, one user said. The Alpha version of NT does not run the same long list of commercial applications that the Intel version can support. "[NT for Alpha] lacked the code compatibility [with] software applications that would make it suitable for anything but a niche application," said T.R. Webb, technology advisor to the CIO at Shell Oil, in Houston.