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- From: chu@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Eugene Chu)
- Subject: ALPHA Workstations
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.050022.27714@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Keywords: ALPHA workstations
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 05:00:22 GMT
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- Hi folks,
-
- This is my first posting here, so bear with me if I sound ignorant.
- I have a question about the availability of the ALPHA worksations
- for end users. Three months ago, I heard from various people, including
- my DEC sales reps, that the workstations will be available by July 15.
- Then when the day rolled around, I was told that its release has been
- delayed by about 3 months. All this time, I've been waiting to order
- one of these highly advertised systems, but I can't because someone at
- DEC will not release them. Then recently I heard that one of our labs
- is getting a loaner, for FREE! Now, I wonder why DEC is willing to
- loan one out to someone else in my organization, while they won't
- sell one to me, when I ready and willing to PAY for it?
-
- Then there is a question of how informed or coordinated the DEC sales
- reps are. While my official reps are telling me that I can't buy one
- for another 3 months, a rep from CalTech told me that they are available
- NOW, and DEC's plan is to get so many thousands of them out by the end
- os September. So I press them on this point, and ask them why it is
- that I can't order one yet, and how can they hope to get that many out
- by the end of September when they won't even release them until the end
- of October? The answer? No, they haven't actually taken orders for any
- yet, nor do any of their customers have any yet, but they'll check back
- with me on the actual release date. Funny thing is, they work in the
- same office as my reps.
-
- Som does anyone out there know of anybody (besides 3rd party S/W
- developers) who have these things, running? How did they get it?
- How can I get it? I HAVE to order one by the end of September, or
- my funding goes away. And it won't be carried over to the next FY.
- Any DEC people reading this? I might have to go with a SUN or HP
- if I can't get an ALPHA system!
-
- eyc
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- >:< Me: Eugene Chu (Mr. Butterfly) | Radar Science & Engineering >:<
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- "T'is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness"
- But t'is so much easier to curse the darkness.
-