[Info-vax] OT: news from the trenches (re: Solaris)

[David Froble]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> David Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> Regardless of whatever their previous source, today's x86 CPUs is about 
>> as good as it gets, today.  Shitty beginnings or not, run the benchmarks 
>> and weep ....
> 
> And this is in fact the case, but it is the case only because Intel has put
> vast amounts of engineering and money into making the pig fly.

It's also the case because there's not many alternatives.

> It is a shame that money could not have been used to develop a better
> architecture in the first place.  Intel tried to do that with the i860 and
> i960 but just couldn't get the market interested.  But you can't blame them
> for not trying.
> --scott
> 

Intel could have taken over Alpha.  They choose to not do so.  Look what 
they have done with the pig they choose instead.

All Intel cares about is the dollars.  Some might say, "what else 
matters?"  In that we see the difference.  Some care about excellence. 
Some don't.  I know which I'd choose.  But, it seems the money wins.