Alpha CPUs & motherboards

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Fri Jul 20 10:26:39 2001

On July 20, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> > Having no better explanation, I respectfully submit that this
> > "shortage" of Alpha hardware is due to random market fluctuations.
>
> I wonder how much of it is due to businesses sucking up spares to keep
> their real work going for the long term now that Compaq has EOLed the
> line (prematurely, many would say!!)

  That would be downright silly, because they haven't EOLed the
line...they've announced that the WILL EOL it, in what should be a
couple of years.

           -Dave McGuire
Received on Fri Jul 20 2001 - 10:26:39 BST