choosing Intel

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1989 21:19

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In article <310001@hplvli.HP.COM> boyne@hplvli.HP.COM (Art Boyne) writes:
>Hmmm..., I seem to remember (I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong) that
>IBM bought a 60% (?) stake in Intel in the late 1970's, to guarantee a RAM
>supply after the RAM shortage in about the 1975-6 timeframe.  I wonder if
>practically owning the company had any influence on IBM's decision to
>use Intel.  :-)

As I understand it, absolutely none, because -- as I stated -- the decision
was not made by IBM.  IBM took over a nearly-complete design done by a much
smaller outfit.
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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: choosing Intel
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