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Article #22622Re: IBM RISC
From: Jeff Kenton
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1990 19:52
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1990 19:52
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From article <43746@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, by lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster):
> I think the IBM announcement will turn out to be the best possible outcome
> for current Unix/Workstation vendors. The reason is this:
>
> Fortune 500 companies will see this as "legitimizing" Unix, the same way that
> the IBM PC "legitimized" the PC. Never mind the stupidity or illogicality of
> this attitude - that is how they think about IBM and computers. Today.
>
But, IBM has "legitimized" Unix several times before. In fact, each time it
was a different flavor of Unix, giving rise to wondrous conspiracy theories.
I think we may have to wait and see if the latest offering has any impact on
the Unix market.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!paperboy!husc6!encore!pinocchio.encore.com From: jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff Kenton) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM RISC Message-ID: <11240@encore.Encore.COM> Date: 26 Feb 90 19:52:23 GMT References: <43746@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@Encore.COM Lines: 20