[rescue] Alpha...

[Ken Hansen]

I was really just thowing it out there - I gave up long ago on turning them to greenbacks - jeez, I think I've got a quarter-Gig of RAM in the 200/166...

Hmm, what was I thinking...

Ken

Dave McGuire wrote:

> On June 25, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > When I read the news, it read to me like Itanium needed some Alpha-like elements to go, and rather than license the technology, the bought the business from DEC (opps, Compaq)...
>
>   ...because Intel simply can't do it themselves.
>
>   BIG FUCKING SURPRISE THERE.
>
> > (BTW - So what does this mean my 200/166 and two Multias are worth now?! ;^)
>
>   They're worth whatever work they do for you.  And if you're in
> business with them, they're worth whatever money you make with them.
>
>   There's more to computing than the resale value of our machines,
> people.
>
>           -Dave McGuire
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