Compaq sets agenda

Compaq has been busy announcing things. The first announcement is that Digital Unix will become the industry standard over the next few years because it is little endian, supported by a large enough company, and "integrated with NT". The second announcement is that Compaq will be turning to Alpha or Merced for its high end Tandem servers, away from MIPS. Is MIPS not little endian perhaps?

Any of you agree with Compaq's view that D/UX will be the industry standard? Why?