New Compaq Servers (with Closed Source Libs)

pmsyyz sent us a news.com story that talks about the new alpha based Compaq Servers. Lots of interesting tidbits (and hardware specs to drool over) but it reveals that the compiler and libs will not be open source, although they will be cheap. Just read it- its interesting, but frusterating to read about putting Digital's excellence and Compaq's marketing together, and stirring in a PHB decision like a closed source compiler.