[rescue] This Just In: HP to buy Compaq

[G W Adkins]

> > Nevertheless, who really cares about the x86 stuff, given the Alpha CPU
is
> > dead (anyone organised a wake yet?)
>
>   The only thing that irritates me more than the attitude "XXX is
> useless because the manufacturer isn't selling new ones anymore" is
> "it was just announced that XXX will be discontinued in the future so
> it's now 'dead'".

Yeah, I knew the alpha was discontinued because my 233Mhz 21064 suddenly
dropped to 16Mhz...
</sarcasm>

I llok at it as a good thing, it means that ther will be dozens of Alpha's
for me to Rescue from dumpsters in the coming year...

George