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Article #4308Re: DEC puts first marketroid on the moon
From: Robin Fairbairns
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 10:03
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 10:03
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In article <1icj25INNe3u@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu>, william@amadeus.stat.lsa.umich.edu (William Pietri) writes: |> [...] |> |> A new computer chip no bigger than a human finger nail, yet as powerful |> as the room-size supercomputers of ten years ago, is named as the |> world's fastest computer chip in the latest issue of the Guinness Book |> of Records. The new chip, called the Alpha AXP(TM), [...] The thing that totally boggles me is that a (relatively) decent outfit like DEC should be bruiting their listing in a book as tacky as the GBR. (I forbear to mention what I think about Guinness' business practices, or my opinion of the McWhirters, who founded the GBR.) -- Robin (Keep Radio 3 != Classic FM) Fairbairns rf@cl.cam.ac.uk U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QG, UK
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!uknet!pavo.csi.cam.ac.uk!rf From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,umich.unix Subject: Re: DEC puts first marketroid on the moon Keywords: DEC INFOSHARE Alpha lunacy Message-ID: <1993Jan6.100304.616@infodev.cam.ac.uk> Date: 6 Jan 93 10:03:04 GMT References: <1icj25INNe3u@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu> Sender: news@infodev.cam.ac.uk (USENET news) Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: lelaps.cl.cam.ac.uk