RE: [TCLUG:3420] MIPS is dead

[Brad DeJong <1796@mn3.lawson.lawson.com>]

Brad, sorry about the misattribution on the " I guess the market prefers   
backward compatability to innovation..." line in my last post.  That's   
what I get for using cut-and-paste.

I think Digital (Compaq, Digipaq) has a chance with the Alpha.  They've   
got a solid source in Samsung and there are a number of generic   
motherboards available at a reasonable cost for NT and Linux.  They've   
got to increase their volume though to have a long term chance   
competitively.  I think they made an astute decision by supporting Linux   
on Alpha early in the game.  I wish Apple had chosen the Alpha rather   
than the PPC though.


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From:  Brad_C_Elkin@notes.seagate.com
Sent:  Friday, January 15, 1999 4:17 PM
To:  tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com; Brad DeJong
Subject:  Re: [TCLUG:3420] MIPS is dead

   

SGI couldn't afford to compete against Intel, just like everyone else
except IBM and Sun. (And who knows how long Sun will last...) Even Apple
only has IBM to supply PPC chips, Motorola having bailed a while ago.