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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: IBM Drops support for OS2 does this mean the ppc chip is an orphan
- Date: 2 Feb 1996 03:15:50 GMT
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- Michael Kraemer (kraemer@clri6a.gsi.de) wrote:
- : This whole "IBM drops OS/2 for PPC" stuff is another example of crazy rumours
- : that grow wilder each day without any substantial truth in it.
-
- According to the Wall Street Journal, OS/2 PPC is available if you want
- it, but otherwise dropped.
-
- IBM disagrees, but once WSJ prints something, who cares about the truth?
-
- : Furthermore, IBM is well committed to the PowerPC. They are not just "in a
- : contract", they've *invented* that beast. BTW PPC has a lot of options as far
-
- Co-developed. Part of the PowerPC is from Motorola. The "Power"
- architecture is from IBM.
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