[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[JF Mezei]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> Well, unless they resurrect Alpha, they're hedging their bets on a dead
> horse.  However, it is nice to see the SPARC is not in contention.

Buying the rights for a dead platform may be much easier and cheaper
than buying rights to copy a living one.


Doesn't the 8086 have special status that allows competitors to buid
their own copies ?  Seems to me that this would be the way to go since
China could export those chips to compete against Intel and ARM.