Remember that along with the PPC version of NT, there was also a version for a little chip called Alpha, something about the fastest MPU in the world and an incredible technology that converted foreign code to native Alpha code on the fly, optimizing it more with each run? Somewhere along the way, DEC stumbled, Compaq came along, Alpha wase strangled in it's crib, the Good Old Boys from Texas got hitched with Ms. Carly and HP/Compaq drank the Intel KoolAid and began having visions of Itanium triumphant. Meanwhile, Microsoft, supposedly joined at the hip with Intel helps Intel's chief competitor kick them when they're down by doing 64 bit Windows for Opteron for the moment at least). Look closely at the black shirts. They may have 'Intel Inside' logos on them. If Atari rose from the grave tomorrow with a chip that could get enough hardware on desktops and in server racks, you'ld probably be reading about the new Wintari wave. Of course if Microsoft started making their own chips, the hue and cry about evil monopolists would darken the sun. At any rate, semi-Poser related, I see UVMapper.com got hat by the Sanity worm. Google and open source--I guess the Grinch decided to spread the coal around a little this year.

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