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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (19989)	6/11/1998 11:35:00 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Harvey, Shouldn't the FTC look into this practice? Additionally, Apple is no longer giving information to Be on future PowerPC processor design, meaning that the company will not be able to produce a version for new Macs within a year's time. So they got "strongarmed" by Intel, well atleast x86'd - who knows BeOS and StrongArm could present an interesting combo. Glad you like your new OS, haven't even seen BeOS to tell the truth, what's the big deal? PS: I'll be sending you a 32 CPU SIMM stick as soon as I get the glue to dry!

To: Harvey Allen who wrote (19989)	6/13/1998 4:12:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

>>>It would make sense because Intel's buddy Bill seems to think that multiple processors are only for the high end while the low end is uniprocessor only.<<< And since that Wintel boat looks a little like an object of interest for the government, too. >>>It reminds me of the 50's when Detroit was selling tons of obsolescent junk. Then the Japanese came in with quality cars. You just drove one and could see the enormous difference and couldn't wait to tell all your friends and neighbors. <<< Well, not exactly. In the 50's and sixties the Japanese marketing strategy for the US was to sell us lots of cheap junk. The French were doing that too. 1950's Datsuns and Renaults were rusty junk a few years after you bought them. (Ever seen one? Know why they are so rare?) They actually made extra-cheap versions of things for export to the US that would never be sold in Japan. Once I had a job shlepping stuff for a furniture mover, and we used to move military families returning from Japan. I was amazed at the high quality of the stuff sold in Japan at that time relative to the products for the US. Actually, they mostly just started selling us stuff more like their local version, after they had established the foothold with low prices. Some of which may have been below cost, a lesson in terms of what is happening now vis-a-vis Microsoft. This dumping only eliminated 2 US car companies, but it almost completely killed off the English and French imports that had been so popular. BTW, all of the countries involved were subsidizing private enterprise in their export efforts. Having penetrated the US market with cheap, high-milage cars, they gradually began upping the quality. The French tried this too, a little later, but unfortunately nobody much wanted a Citroen.