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To: Scumbria who wrote (32458)5/21/1999 4:11:00 AM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 33344
 
SCUMbria - Re: "The strength of the architecture lies in backwards compatibility. "

Why is that important ?

Aren't the millions and millions of software developers eager to write new software - lickity-split - on these new wonderful elegant advanced processors?

I mean - they should EASILY be able to duplicate all that old crappy x86 software in what - a couple of weeks? A month at most, wouldn't you say?

Paul