“Compaq officials have circulated an internal memo lauding a
successful benchmark test of the company’s next generation
AlphaServer, code named Wildfire, emphasizing how Compaq’s high-end
server strategy is continuing to take shape…”
“In the immediate future, Compaq’s Wildfire success, when
combined with the elimination of their NT on Alpha development team
and the recent revelation that the company has canceled its port of
Tru64 Unix to Intel’s IA-64 architecture, could signal a
solidification of the company’s high-end server strategy around the
Alpha platform.”
“The problem is it’s been the statement of moment from them and
people tend to go to vendors with more consistent message,” Enderle
said.“I guess the thought is that if they strengthen the Alpha
platform around Unix and Linux they will be able to move better
against Sun.”