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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (4232)2/4/1998 7:08:00 PM
From: FJB  Respond to of 6843
 
Pravin,

RE:With this kind of capability, it must be occurring to someone at
IBM that they could make a killing if they had an x86 processor of their own. Hummm...

I'm not sure IBM management is capable of such clear thinking. They still think PowerPC has some life left in it, I'm sure. <VBG>

Bob



To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (4232)2/4/1998 8:00:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 6843
 
Parvin - Re: "it must be occurring to someone at IBM that they could make a killing if they had an x86 processor of their own. Hummm..."

They do have an x86 processor - the Blue Lightning - an 80486 class device. IBM sold hundreds and hundreds of these back in 1993 and 1994.

IBM was also "smart" enough to SELL THE RIGHTS TO THE PENTIUM BACK to Intel - because they had a better chip - the PowerPC.

Paul


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