[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/3/2012 5:54 PM, David Froble wrote:
> It makes me wonder how the product line would have prospered if DEC has
> made the business decision to continue the VAX product line, not the
> large ones, (but I could be mistaken with that choice), just the MV3100
> type of systems. Go for low cost to manufacture, generic components,
> upgrades as computer components changes, ie; S-ATA disks, memory SIMMs,
> power supplies, and such. Sell the OS at some minimal price, or just
> include it with the system. Perhaps it would have stopped some customers
> from migrating to PC based systems, if they had some confidence in being
> able to continue to get new systems for their needs.

It would have reduced Alpha sales, which at the time of the
decision had a chance.

And in the end it would not have made much of a difference. VMS's
problem is not that VAX is no longer. Applications are what matters.

Arne