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In article <1993Jan26.123708.29541@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, brune@luther.che.wisc.edu (Douglas A. Brune) writes:
|> In article <1k3pqsINNo4r@mojo.eng.umd.edu> and <1k1javINNvb@sol.tis.com>, 
|> various authors write:
|> 
|> >>>I think DEC is missing market share waiting for NT. Get the boxes out running
|> >>>VMS and SoftPC now.
|> 
|> >>workstation, too. Waiting for NT is a strategic blunder.
|> 
|> >Count me in for three. It makes no sense (other than intentional marketing BS)
|> >to limit the low-end machine to NT and only NT.
|> 
|> I disagree. I expect that porting VMS or OSF/1 to the Alpha PC would
|> involve significantly more effort than porting NT, because the Alpha
|> PC is intended to support all kinds of industry standard equipment.
|> With NT, DEC can take advantage of already-written drivers.  With VMS
|> or OSF/1, they'd have to put in more effort.
|> 
|> Since DEC was already trying to bring up VMS ond OSF/1 on Alpha/
|> Turbochannel/Futurebus platforms, and since Microsoft had promised NT
|> for Q4 1992, I can understand why DEC didn't want to take on an
|> Alpha/EISA port of VMS and OSF/1. They may regret the decision,
|> however, if NT slips any more.

It's obviously difficult for DEC to find the resources for the work.
Perhaps we out here could help them along a bit?  I for one would be
quite happy to write a driver or two in exchange for a bit of Alpha
hardware for my home (though I would also, of course, need oodles of
documentation, and so forth).

This is not an idle offer - I _have_ written VMS drivers, though not
for some time, and not on Alpha.

Somehow, however, I can't see it being taken up     :-(
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Robin (Keep Radio 3 != Classic FM) Fairbairns       rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge  CB2 3QG, UK