Was OT Re: OffTopic: Intel's dependent on the Alpha chip...

From: UberTechnoid_at_home.com <(UberTechnoid_at_home.com)>
Date: Thu Nov 1 13:35:28 2001

My Vaxstation 4000/60 was owned by Intel. Allways thought that was funny.
'-)


Regards,

Jeff

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<9011A52E011ED311B4280004AC1BA615014671F4_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>,
on 11/01/01
   at 01:20 PM, David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu> said:

>Here's some ammo for the anti-Intel folks...

>--- David A Woyciesjes
>--- C & IS Support Specialist
>--- Yale University Press
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>--- (203) 432-0953
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>! -----Original Message-----
>! From: Grant Bechler [mailto:GrantB_at_plaid.com]
>! Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:35 PM
>! To: AlphaNT Mailing List
>! Subject: [alphant] Intel's dependent on the Alpha chip (From the !
>inquirer)
>!
>!
>! Howdy All,
>!
>! I thought that Aaron would get a kick out of this article
>!
>! http://213.219.40.69/01110105.htm
>!
>! "WE WONDERED WHY DOUG BUSCH, the IT manager at Intel, went ! all coy
>on us
>! yesterday when we asked about the systems running in its factories !
>(fabrication plants) and a little bit of investigation has ! revealed
>the
>! answer.
>! Its fabs are heavily dependent on Alpha microprocessors and ! run
>OpenVMS to
>! ensure that blue screens of death or glitches in its own
>! chips don't bring
>! the production lines down..."

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