[geeks] HP's squandering

[Eric Dittman]

> It also occured to me that if you want to be really pedantic, HP is 
> squandering not 2 but 5 architectures... with at least 3 of current 
> commercial value.... all on Itanic II
> 
> 1. PA-RISC
> 2. Alpha
> 3. NonStop (ex-Tandem) (MIPS)
> 
> --------
> 
> 4. VAX
> 5. HP-3000 (mpe)

The VAX has been discontinued for a while (discontinued way
before the merger with HP), and the RISC HP-3000 systems are
PA-RISC.

I don't know the support schedule for MPE, but the VAX architecture
will still be supported for a while.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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