Re: VMS on ALPHA PC's

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From: Doug Mohney
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:45

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In article <1k1javINNvb@sol.tis.com>, mjr@tis.com (Marcus J Ranum) writes:
>>I think DEC is missing market share waiting for NT.  Get the boxes out running
>>VMS and SoftPC now.
>
>	If the price were right, they'd make a nice X terminal or UNIX
>workstation, too. Waiting for NT is a strategic blunder.
>
>mjr.

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.

Digital once again is making choices for the end-user, rather than the end user
make his/her own choices. 

                    I have talked to Ehud, and lived.
  -- >                  SYSMGR@CADLAB.ENG.UMD.EDU                        < --

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From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: VMS on ALPHA PC's
Date: 26 Jan 1993 16:45:16 GMT
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