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- From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,misc.invest
- Subject: Re: net.views - dec and alpha
- Date: 10 Jan 1993 21:29:04 GMT
- Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
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- References: <1993Jan08.173533.9962@utoday.com>
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- In article <1993Jan08.173533.9962@utoday.com> wagner@utoday.com (Mitch Wagner) writes:
- > Is Alpha going to revitalize DEC?
-
- That depends. I just heard something (in the Senate Labor
- Committee hearings on the nomination of Robert Reich to be
- Secretary of Labor; yes I was having a fun Saturday night :-/)
- about the collapse of a "microchip plant" that was being
- constructed in "Hudson, MA." (Ted Kennedy was making a
- point about worker safety using a very recent example; one
- or more workers were killed in the accident; realize it or
- not, kids, we don't work in an industry free of peril...)
-
- Was this DEC's new Alpha fab?
-
- How will production ramp-up be delayed by this event?
-
- And besides, if they couldn't make money with the Rainbow,
- how can they hope to make money with this? The electronics
- industry is first and foremost a creature of marketing.
- Superwhizzy parts at bargain-basement prices don't sell
- themselves well in any context.
-
- --Blair
- "These are my opinions and not
- necessarily those of my employer
- or any others who might have a
- vested interest in sealing my
- mouth with duct tape and locking
- me in the closet for the next
- few quarters..."
-
- P.S. I'm with Ehud. I'll be glad to jag this topic around
- on the net, but don't use anything of mine in any
- publication that's sold for money without first contacting
- me and offering compensation (which in this case I'll
- donate to the NSF). As usual, anything I post to the net
- maintains my copy rights and may be used only in further
- networked discussions without my express permission.
-