[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[JF Mezei]

David Froble wrote:

> The original 25 year target could not imagine what might be developed during that time.

I know that the words "Marketing" and "Digital" should never be used
together in the same paragraph, but in this case, I think the predicted
25 year lifespan was more of a marketing thing than some scientific
prediction.

Consider that Alpha's competitors were still 32 bits and it was not know
how long they would last, whereas Alpha was going to outlast them all
because it was already at 64 bits.

So the 25 year thing was more of an annoucement that "we're already at
64 bits, and our competitors will have to go through some transition to
64 bits later on so their architecture may change and disrupt you.