Re: [++] K6 fpu vs Pentium for Quake (Was: Re: Single kni pipeline == byebye Intel dominance)

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From: Christopher Browne
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:00

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On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:08:51 -0700, Patrick
<patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu> wrote: 
>You may well get by without games but guess what the SINGLE biggest 
>money-making software group is...games.  No games, no mass market 
>appeal.  The games that do exist don't count because they are pathetic 
>1980's-style low-grade, low production quality freeware.  xboing?  
>xgalaga?  Pa-leeze.  

The single biggest money-making software group is almost certainly *NOT*
games. 

Q: What are the three largest computer companies?
A: IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle.

Q: Are games of any great importance to their bottom lines?
A: No.

Q: How about Computer Associates, SAP, Sun, Siemens/Nixdorf, BAAN?
A: They make *billions* of dollars without the benefit of having games
in their product portfolios. 

Q: What computer game company is there that is valued at greater than
$100 Billion USD? 
A: You tell me...

-- 
"Without insects, our ecosystem would collapse and we would all die. In
that respect, insects are far more important than mere end-users."
-- Eugene O'Neil <eugene@cs.umb.edu>
cbbrowne@ntlug.org- <http//www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>

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From: cbbrowne@news.hex.net (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: [++] K6 fpu vs Pentium for Quake (Was: Re: Single kni pipeline == byebye Intel dominance)
Date: 1998/10/28
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