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Subject:      Alpha Applications Press Release - FYI 1

                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

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Subject: Alpha Applications Press Release - FYI


Sarah Miller
Alpha and VAX Systems
(508) 264-5420




        NEARLY 900 ALPHA AXP APPLICATIONS FROM 400 COMPANIES

                          ANNOUNCED TO DATE


MAYNARD, Mass. -- December 14, 1992 -- Nearly 900 technical and
commercial applications from 400 software development partners
worldwide have been announced to date for the DEC OSF/1 for AXP,
OpenVMS AXP, and Microsoft Windows NT operating environments on
Alpha AXP systems.
Among the applications are:

     o  PowerHouse from Cognos, Inc.
     o  Focus from Information Builders, Inc.
     o  ANVIL-5000 from Manufacturing and Consulting Services
     o  ORACLE6 and ORACLE7 from Oracle Corp.
     o  System/36 Migration Tools from The Parkside Organization
     o  the Sybase System from Sybase, Inc., and
     o  the Unidata RDBMS from Unidata, Inc.


     "Of these 900 announced applications, more than 400 will be
available for shipment by March, 1993 -- within a few months of
Digital's shipment of a completely new, 64-bit RISC computing
platform," said Marion Dancy, director of the Alpha AXP Applications
Program.  "This is convincing proof that Digital has the right
solutions available to meet customer needs and help them succeed.
And, this is just the beginning of the Alpha AXP applications
roll-out."
     This first wave of applications is part of the more than 2,000
applications from over 1,000 software development partners who
already have committed to port to Alpha AXP systems.
     Alpha AXP computing includes a complete set of systems,
software, applications, services, and new business practices that
provide a universal platform enabling unlimited open computing
possibilities.  In November, Digital introduced a family of AXP
systems, ranging from a workstation priced under $15,000 to a
mainframe-class server priced at $316,000.  Seventy-five
applications are available for shipment immediately.
     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor
computing. Digital and its business partners deliver the power to
use the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center -
in open information environments.
                                ####

Note to Editors:  Alpha AXP, AXP, DEC, Digital, the Digital logo,
                  and OpenVMS are trademarks of Digital Equipment
                  Corporation.

                  OSF and OSF/1 are registered trademarks of the
                  Open Software Foundation, Inc.

                  Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows NT
                  is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

                  PowerHouse is a registered trademark of Cognos,
                  Inc.

                  Focus is a registered trademark of Information
                  Builders, Inc.

                  ANVIL-5000 is a registered trademark of
                  Manufacturing and Consulting Services.

                  Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle
                  Corporation.

                  Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc.

                  Unidata is a registered trademark of Unidata, Inc.

CORP/93/915
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