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Bill sux

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From: Bernd Nies
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:00
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Time Magazine reports an interesting case of
high-tech graffiti. It seems that a couple of Intel
engineers working on the design of a recent
version of the Pentium microprocessor included a message
that describes their feelings about Bill
Gates, president of Microsoft, a good corporate pal of Intel's.

When a portion of the Pentium chip is
examined under a powerful scanning electron microscope, the
phrase "bill sux" is clearly visible, etched
into the surface of the chip. The "flaw" in the chip was
only discovered by accident well after the
chip was released into the market, too late for Intel to
prevent the chip from being used in the
manufacture of tens of thousands of PCs.

Intel says that both engineers responsible
were former employees of Motorola, makers of the chips
that are the heart of the Apple Macintosh.

Both engineers have since been fired by
Intel. Full picture at http://www.idt.mdh.se/kpt/billsux.jpg
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From: Bernd Nies <bernd.nies@astroinfo.org>
Subject: Bill sux
Date: 1998/07/31
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