Re: The Alpha is an end of life product Re: Ultrasparc III docume ntation

[Tobias Weingartner <weingart@natasha.tepid.org>]

On Monday, February 10, Ted Goodridge wrote:
> 
> The military and government use a lot of alphas, and they have existing 
> contracts that HP will honor.  That and the easy access to documentation 
> (from what I understand) make it an attractive platform even if it will die 
> in 3 years.  (3 years is an eternity in the computing world.)

3 years is not an eternity.  It's about managebility, and consistancy.
Stability rarely comes from changing everything wholesale every 3 years,
but through evolution and steady growth.

--Toby.