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End Of The Line For Alpha

Scareduck writes "Infoworld reports HP has released the last iteration of the Alpha chip. I used these babies in the late 90's, and for a time, they were da bomb. Sadly, the economics weren't there, DEC management really didn't have much of a clue, and Alpha has, at long last, bit the dust. Alpha-based servers will continue to be sold through 2006, and supported through 2011. Farewell, Alpha; the world's line of chips seems to have declined to Intel and a handful of niche guys." Slashdot ran for the first 7 or 8 months off an Alpha box.

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  1. Re:Niche guys.... by cuerty · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And the nostalgic?
    There'll no like Alpha. Is like the Commodore 64 of servers.

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    >Linux is not user-friendly.
    It _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.