When Alpha became really good, DEC the company was going down. Then DEC became Compaq and then Compaq was going down. Then it became Intel and Intel didnt care.

When Alpha became really good, DEC the company was going down. Then DEC became Compaq and then Compaq was going down. Then it became Intel and Intel didnt care. Then the Alpha team went to AMD and kicked Intels ass. Over the next couple years Intel spent billion in rebates and got into anti-trust lawsuits in lots of countries.