This was before the Alpha port of Linux happened; if it had been available instead of OSF/1, we would have done more with the machine. But, yes: if you want to

This was before the Alpha port of Linux happened; if it had been available instead of OSF/1, we would have done more with the machine. But, yes: if you want to market hardware that nobody else can supply, you need to get it into the hands of people who will use it and evangelize for it.