Re: ** Fork 1, Draft Final-2 **

Jim Gettys (jg@pa.dec.com)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:31:16 -0800


> Hmm... What about s/UltraSPARC/Sun Microsystem's UltraSPARC/ and same
> for other platforms? BTW, I doubt that Joe Average Marketdroid knows what
> the heck x86 is. OTOH JAM and Joe Average EndLuser have heard about Intel,
> Apple, DEC (awww... Digital; just don't use Compaq here - they have
> nothing with Alpha) and Sun.
>

For better or for worse, Compaq bought Digital, and the companies
have merged. Alpha systems, however are sold by multiple vendors.
- Jim

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