[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

[JF Mezei]

Michael Kraemer wrote:

>> Not sure here if you are interchanging the names "DEC" and "Compaq" on
>> purpose or not. 
> 
> Alpha was sold to intel in 1997, so still DEC/Palmer were in charge.

Palmer began to discuss merger with Compaq's Pfeiffer in 1996. Talks
lasted 3 years.  (The 3 year counter stopped on the day of the merger
announcement, not when it was signed/sealed/delivered, so perhaps the
talks began in 1995).