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To: Scumbria who wrote (68807)	11/19/1998 4:23:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, >>>Remember that Compaq got their big break when IBM couldn't keep up with the demand for PC's. Once Compaq's foot was in the door, IBM was never able to shake them off.<<< We're talking about IBM in the Akers era and Intel in the Grove-Barrett-Otellini era. Big, big difference. Tony

To: Scumbria who wrote (68807)	11/19/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

RE: Unable to shake off a foot in the door! There's a metaphor for you!

To: Scumbria who wrote (68807)	11/19/1998 4:25:00 PM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scrumbia, The comparison is not quite valid; shortage of high-end chips wouldn't help vendors like AMD, NSM too much. Ibexx

To: Scumbria who wrote (68807)	11/20/1998 6:54:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria - Compaq got their big break when IBM couldn't keep up with the demand What really put CPQ in the driver's seat was great engineering and a close partnership with Intel over the 386. When the first round of production chips had flaws which would cause the processor to 'lock up' if the moon and stars aligned just right, IBM decided to wait for the next round - after all, a processor that locks up is unacceptable, right? The CPQ team, lead by Gary Stimac and a brilliant hardware engineer named Paul Culley, figured a way to create support logic that made it impossible for the lockup conditions to occur, which enabled them to use the 'flawed' chips. CPQ brought the first 386 PCs to the market, not IBM. IBM never recovered their leadership in the PC space.