I don't disagree with the main points, but Alpha wasn't just focused on the small workstation market. Alpha for lots of us in the IT departments of SMBs was the

I don't disagree with the main points, but Alpha wasn't just focused on the small workstation market. Alpha for lots of us in the IT departments of SMBs was the go-to when your Exchange server couldn't handle the load anymore. DEC and by extension Alpha died as soon as Ken Olson was pushed out.