Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:20:59 09/17/99
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On September 17, 1999 at 11:57:52, Owen Lyne wrote: [snip] >What kind of price are we talking about though? I thought alphas were >in a whole different price range....? You don't see them at tyour local >computer shop unfortunately (or if you do, I want to visit >your shop!). $3500 for a Linux ready box. http://www.dec.com/hpc/news/news_pr100599a.html >And is it not the case that Alpha and NT are going their separate ways in >future? Much as I dislike being in the Microsoft majority (ie owning >and using their software) there is is still much catching up to be >done to make other options match up all round (though for specific purposes, >there have been and are plenty of viable options, of course). As a general >purpose home office, chess computer and games machine (as in Quake, >Command and Conquer, Civilisation, car racing games etc) Wintel has the bases >covered - Linux is gradually filling in gaps and anything else is a stretch? >For a workplace environment, not such a stretch... And even there, >perhaps Linux on Intel/AMD type boxes is a way to go... For pretty >good value processing, if not the eyepopping NPS ;) Something to keep in mind: NT for Alpha is dead. Kaput, terminal, R.I.P. (Formal COMPAQ announcement). Too bad. But you can still use: 0. Tru64 UNIX 1. OpenVMS 2. Linux
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