Re: Fwd: Re: Alpha central to 64-bit plans

Hmmmm.... It was always my understanding that news was supposed to be current 
and accurate in order to be considered as "news". It seems he's trying to make 
these announcements into news. How interested would people be in Alpha if people
understood that PowerPC-AS and the AS400 have delivered on the 64-bit promise 
for years while maintaining compatability with legacy software (which Alpha 
cannot promise). 

NEWS FLASH: Compaq scrambles to develop 64 bit strategy more than two years 
after the AS400, the most popular enterprise system in the world, introduced 64 
bit architecture to the business world. While no products actually exist as yet,
Compaq remains hopeful that "some day we'll have real technology too!" 

Doesn't seem much like news to me...... ;)

Eric A DeLong
ericadelong@pmsc.com

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I sent a brief note to David last night. It had a congenial tone and was not 
inflammatory in any way. I copied his editor too. His reply seems just a tad 
defensive...
     
Pete
     
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>From: "David Pendery" <David_Pendery@infoworld.com> 
>To: Pete Hall <peteh@inwave.com>
>Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 15:06:26 -0400 
>Subject: Re: Alpha central to 64-bit plans 
>
>Pete,
>You all are members of some IBM AS400 newsgroup or users group, right? 
>
>You all completely missed the point, and seem to have no idea what 
>reporting news is about. I am NOT a public relations professional. I have 
>no responsibility to report about products that were not in the news on my 
>beat last week. Compaq and DEC, in case you didn't realize, were in the 
>news.
>
>If, as you all righteously and fervently believe, I am obligatedto report 
>on IBM's godlike 64-bit capabilities,even though they were not in the news 
>last week, then should I not also include in my story SGI's, Sun's, HP's, 
>and every other Tom, Dick and Harry who has a 64-bit server, OS or PCI 
>card?
>And yet, I did not deluged with indignant email from any of these others. 
>Hmmm. Sorry guys, you tipped your hand and blew your credibility.
>
>David Pendery
> 
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