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In article <1992Nov16.165404.13034@eng.umd.edu>, sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney) writes:

|>In article <1992Nov13.190642.243@hsh.com>, lee@hsh.com (Lee Havemann) writes:
|>
|>>My reasoning is that people will be replacing their older, slower vaxen
|>>running _VMS_ boxes for a newer, faster Alpha running _VMS_ boxes.
|>
|>This will probably result in a faster migration of CISC-VAXen into
|>people's homes, just as you see folks buying S*n 3/xxx and setting them up as
|>X-terms and personal Un*X networkds.
|>
|>... Hmm ... I wonder how cheaply you could produce a 4000/90 if you farmed out
|>the chips and such... 
|>
|>Somehow I doubt they'll be selling the VAX/CISC chips to Commodore or Atari, 
|>but it's always nice to wonder... :)
|>


I would expect VAX sales to continue very strong for the next 2-5 years as the
world transitions over to Alpha AXP.  Certainly we want people to move to 
Alpha AXP as soon as it makes sense for them to do so, but the world can rest
assured that Digital will remain committed to our VAX customers as long as
VAX is important to them.

Just take a look at the PDP-11.   The last time I checked, which was a couple
years ago, the PDP-11 was still a $1 billion a year business.

>>>Joe