Glenn wrote:
>         The dilemma now facing Microsoft
>         officials is what to do with the hundreds of
>         Alpha systems now beta testing 64-bit
>         versions of Windows 2000.

> I did not see an announcement from Compaq to contradict this.
> To what were you referring, Gavin?

All the stuff *I* saw indicated that 64-bit NT on Alpha was still planned,
though I don't recall where all I saw this.  One reference from last Friday
is:

   http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2318096,00.html

Which contains:

   But officials with Alpha Processor Inc., an NT-on-Alpha
   hardware vendor and a company backed by Compaq,
   said their understanding was that Compaq planned on
   killing 32-bit NT-on-Alpha support, but that it would
   continue to work separately and in conjunction with
   Microsoft on 64-bit NT-on-Alpha technologies.

So it's not clear what's happening at the moment.

G.