[Info-vax] BOINC for VMS

[seasoned_geek]

On Mar 11, 6:07 pm, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Sunday, March 11, 2012 6:11:45 AM UTC-4, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> > Neil Rieck schrieb:
>
> > > On a related note, in what universe was it correct to kill Alpha while allowing SPARC to live?
>
> > In every conceivable universe where some basic rules of economy hold.
> > Alpha simply wasn't good enough to survive.
>
> > > Man, I feel like I'm living in the twilight zone.
>
> Sorry but I beg to differ. Alpha was the superior technology 10-years ago, but it came at a time when there where no techies running Compaq or HP. HPQ killed it and (I believe) Intel, IBM and SUN secretly breathed a sign of relief. Anyway, the folding-at-home stats between 1999 and 2002 are my proof. Those real-world science specs were worth more than any benchmark.
>
> Neil Rieck
> Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
> Ontario, Canada.http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/

HP killed it to fulfill a marketing obligation they had with Intel.
After both companies flushed millions (billions?) of dollars
developing the worst processor design in the history of man (IMO) HP
was obligated to provide a market.  None of the UX base would migrate
to the new crispy-critter CPU so they (HP) killed Alpha forcing the
OpenVMS customer base to sad excuse or migrate from OpenVMS.