[CentOS] alphaserver questions

Fri May 4 11:16:53 UTC 2007
Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha <strange at nsk.no-ip.org>

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 05:34:55PM -0700, Abba Communications wrote:
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> I am not up on current HP Alpha offerings... their website appears to show
> that it is still in serious production...

But not development. The last processor update occurred in 2003.

> Ummmm my experience and understanding is that mid and high end Alpha
> processors were one of, if not the best ever designed and implemented.

Yes, it was.

> I would tend to think that is also "similarly" true today, other than the
> fact that the x86 arch sells in much higher volume.

Only if you ignore the development since 2003.

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lfr
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