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From: tsikes@netcom.com (Terry Sikes)
Subject: Re: Project: FreeOS
Date: 2000/01/17
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In article <87zou7hehz.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>,
Florian Weimer  <fw@s.netic.de> wrote:

>The only remaining one, the Alpha platform, is probably kept only to
>have a 64 bit system to experiment with today, given the fact that
>Microsoft will have to port NT to a 64 bit RISC platform very soon. ;)

Alpha/NT has been officially killed.  Rumor has it that Microsoft is
still building Win2K/64 on Alpha, though, because it only has one
Merced system in-house.  There is some chance it might be resurrected,
but I wouldn't bet on it.  Compaq seems more interested in Linux and
Tru64 Unix on Alpha...

Terry
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