On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 10:09 AM Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
 
> Recall that in the 90s and 00s, HP, IBM and Dell (well DEC which was
> eventually consumed by Dell via Compaq)
 
No, DEC went to Compaq went to HP where the itanium love finally killed
the Alpha.  Not Dell.

Yup. Sorry. I'd confused them with EMC which is what Dell acquired.

- Evan