alpha has been a superior architecture to anything intel has had for a long time. even after intel bought alpha's secrets, the itanium has been overdue and unimpressive in comparison.
intel has tried to kill the alpha several times. first coming out of dec, then tried to have it killed at compaq.
when compaq announced the demise of the alpha, universities, government research centers, corporations, and users like yourself, all made contact with compaq in a grassroots effort to save the chip-- or at least to make the real reasons for it's termination clear.
the result was that alpha pulled their 'alpha is dead' website and re-emerged with the 'alpha is king' site... much to the chagrin of intel. it's easy to see intel's hand behind the scenes in the corporate cocaine room-- in this particular case, the hp- compaq merger. hp already sold their soul for the itanium blowjob a while back.
the press will not call for action on the murder of the alpha, they simply parrot the lines issued from the corporations. what we are witnessing is the cold blooded and calculated termination of a true technology for the sake of corporate empire.
alpha was made with true intent and has an architecture that has yet to hit the limit.
don't sit back.
the Save Alpha (again) crew will be picking up steam shortly.
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let's fight to save alpha!
intel has tried to kill it three times already.
compaq announced the end of alpha as well, and backpeddled as a grassroots roar came up!
let's go. intel still should remember the huge boo they got at siggraph years ago. we can, as a collective, exert tremendous force.
alpha has been a superior architecture to anything intel has had for a long time. even after intel bought alpha's secrets, the itanium has been overdue and unimpressive in comparison.
intel has tried to kill the alpha several times. first coming out of dec, then tried to have it killed at compaq.
when compaq announced the demise of the alpha, universities, government research centers, corporations, and users like yourself, all made contact with compaq in a grassroots effort to save the chip-- or at least to make the real reasons for it's termination clear.
the result was that alpha pulled their 'alpha is dead' website and re-emerged with the 'alpha is king' site... much to the chagrin of intel. it's easy to see intel's hand behind the scenes in the corporate cocaine room-- in this particular case, the hp- compaq merger. hp already sold their soul for the itanium blowjob a while back.
the press will not call for action on the murder of the alpha, they simply parrot the lines issued from the corporations. what we are witnessing is the cold blooded and calculated termination of a true technology for the sake of corporate empire.
alpha was made with true intent and has an architecture that has yet to hit the limit.
don't sit back.
the Save Alpha (again) crew will be picking up steam shortly.