[Info-vax] Intel: Kittson to be socket-compatible with 9300 and 9500

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/4/2013 5:05 PM, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> In article <kep28i$iqp$1 at usenet01.boi.hp.com>, Keith Parris
> <keithparris_deletethis at yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> During development of the Tukwila (9300) chip, Intel and HP adjusted
>> plans in response to market directions and accepted the extra
>> development time required to redesign Tukwila (and the planned HP
>> systems) to use DDR3 memory instead of the previously-planned DDR2. This
>> provided better performance for the chip and the systems designed around it.
>
> Etc etc.  I am probably not the only one thinking that back in the day,
> hardware, software and support all came from DEC and it was all good.
> This seems like a) a woman filing charges against her husband for rape
> AND b) wanting to stay married.
>
> Most were surprised when Compaq bought DEC.  (IIRC, the Compaq founders
> flipped a coin to decide whether to start a computer company or open a
> Mexican restaurant.)  Most were surprised that HP bought Compaq.  It
> would make sense for someone to buy the key elements of DEC from their
> current owners---say VMS, Rdb, compilers etc---and reboot (no pun
> intended) the company.  If Richard Branson is taking people into space,
> then this should be possible as well.

Do you think there is a good business case?

Arne