Their consumer market machines might "suck", but look at the target market. Its for your average/new home user that walks into Best Buy.
The high end servers are still tip-top, and Compaq is still #2 (behind IBM).
Very true. While Compaq's low-end PC's (and service) leave much to be desired, their servers are top-notch. The Alpha machines are fast and stable, and Digital Unix running on them is well-organized and highly standards compliant. My job involves coding in C++ under DU 4.0 on Alphas, and the machines found a spot in my heart rather quickly.
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Have you seen the movie? At least two of the Jedi Council--one humanoid, one of Yoda's species--are female.
Their consumer market machines might "suck", but look at the target market. Its for your average/new home user that walks into Best Buy.
The high end servers are still tip-top, and Compaq is still #2 (behind IBM).
Very true. While Compaq's low-end PC's (and service) leave much to be desired, their servers are top-notch. The Alpha machines are fast and stable, and Digital Unix running on them is well-organized and highly standards compliant. My job involves coding in C++ under DU 4.0 on Alphas, and the machines found a spot in my heart rather quickly.
Reminds me of the classic "Onion" article