[Info-vax] Unix on A DEC Vax?

[Paul Sture]

In article <kdodgj$qs1$1 at online.de>,
 helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) 
 wrote:

> In article <kdo981$un9$1 at solani.org>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de>
> writes: 
> 
> > > Alpha was killed in order to keep it from
> > > competing with Itanium because 
> > 
> > Isn't it about time to put this myth to rest?
> 
> First the agreement to move to Itanium and then, by chance, HP buys 
> Compaq.  OK, there are coincidences (I once had a file with a checksum 
> of 0), but this stretches credibility quite a bit.

There was a rumour that Compaq were told "Kill the Alpha then the merger 
can go through".  I have no idea how valid that rumour was, but stranger 
things have been known to happen.

-- 
Paul Sture