I hate to be off-topic, but I'd like to remind everyone that HP announced
about the same time as Compaq's alpha announcement (hmmm!) that the PA-RISC
cpu's would undergo one more revision and then the whole platform would be
s-canned (if you get my drift) like the Alpha.
HPaq is drifting into the WinTel void... the only clear migration path at
this point for MY company is: IBM. Never been a big Sun fan.
I wish Compaq would have stuck to making computers and HP would have stuck
to making lil' boxes that squirt ink/toner on paper and calculators.
I really wish the FTC would stop the merger, but it just isn't in the
cards... too many pockets are being lined along with the economic impact.
Microsoft now has the biggest hardware manufacturing and distribution firm
under its thumb the planet has/will ever see. Its a brave new boxshifters
world... i hope everyones MSCE is up to date (har har)
Received on Wed Sep 05 2001 - 17:27:36 NZST