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

[Michael Kraemer]

Michael Moroney schrieb:
> Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> writes:
> 
> 
>>This page, as well as others, claim the back-porting of WindowsNT to
>>Alpha was part of the settlement. Microsoft was the true beneficiary
>>of this deal when Compaq decided to walk away from the WindowsNT on
>>Alpha business.
> 
> 
> I remember it as Microsoft cancelling NT on Alpha after Compaq did
> something (I don't remember what) to piss Microsoft off.

In 1999 Compaq announced discontinuance of
"support for NT" (whatever that means) on their Alpha machines
and withdrew their personnel from joint projects with M$.
Apparently Compaq found NT/x86 to be good enough
and counted on a future NT/itanic.
In turn M$ discontinued their apps for NT/alpha.
Compaq not only pissed off M$, but also loyal Alpha customers
who were allowed by their management to buy Alphas (with VMS)
because "they can also run NT".
Now this excuse had evaporated, another blow to Alpha (and VMS).