“Compaq Computer Corp. is giving up on efforts to make its
powerful Alpha processor chips compatible with Windows 2000, the
next version of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows NT operating system.
Compaq says it has disbanded the 100-person team working on the
project and that some of them will likely be laid off.
“”We do not plan to support 32-bit Windows 2000 on Alpha
systems,” said Compaq spokesman Jim Finlaw… Compaq will
concentrate on selling Alpha-based machines that run the Unix and
Linux operating systems.”