[Info-vax] OT: IBM Offering $9-10 Per Share for Sun

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bob Koehler wrote:
>  Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>> As for x86 systems hardware: it's already been pointed out that the
>>> innards of any reasonably modern low-end Alpha (from any AlphaStation
>>> onward) were remarkably PC-like in terms of chips and functionalities,
>> The Alpha was intended to be able to run Windows.  AFAIK few people ever 
>> did but the possibility was there!
> 
>    The Alpha was designed to be OS neutral.  It still is.
> 

Which does not contradict what I said! Alpha's can and do run VMS, Unix, 
  Linux, and <obligatory retching noises> Windows.  DEC did that on purpose!

There was a time when Alpha was the fastest iron money could buy!  If 
DEC had been willing and able to sell at a market price they could have 
conquered the world.    Instead, they shot themselves in the foot. 
Clear up to the hips!!