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What's Going On With Alpha

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-competitor-to-intel dept.

Fernando Ribeiro Corrêa writes: "Richard Payne, Alpha Processor's Tech Support Manager, talks about Alpha's Linux strategy, market competition with Intel, Transmeta and its Alpha plans for the future."

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  1. Compaq and Linux by weave · · Score: 5
    Earlier this year, with $250,000 to spend, I was looking at a nice StorageWorks SAN from Compaq. One of my conditions was that it would work with Linux, be it on Alpha or Intel. The sales rep initially took the attitude "why would you want to do that for?" and then pushed an Intel/NT solution. After insisting, they said they could let me in on a secret that Fibre Channel HBA support would be announced in April. Well that came and went, and nothing. Finally in summer they said "Yeah, we support Linux in the SAN, but only when in an arbitrated loop (which sucks since the entire SAN is like a hub not a switch).

    I ended up looking elsewhere...

    My impression was Compaq was giving lip service to Linux support. Maybe that's not the case in the very few months since then. I'd like to know... I saw a freshmeat announcement of drivers for a Compaq HBA for fibre channel since then but after that point it was too late...