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Article #366Re: Intel (no)286, 386SX billboards
From: Steve Dyer
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1989 07:53
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1989 07:53
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In article <CRUM.89Nov8231939@alicudi.usc.edu> crum@alicudi.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) writes:
>I think it's pretty stylish advertising. They really caught my attention.
>I can't think of a case where a manufacturer has so strongly denounced
>its old technology and urged the acceptance of a replacement.
>I wonder if Intel has a primary reason for the campaign, like say, for
>their UNIX effort. Have the billboards been discussed in this group?
A simple reason for the campaign is that the 286 is amply second-sourced
by several vendors and continues to be popular, much to Intel's dismay.
The entire 386 family, including the 386SX, whatever its technical merits,
is as far as I know, only being produced by Intel.
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Steve Dyer
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dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu
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