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- From: mash@mips.com (John Mashey)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: What's in a name? (cross-posted to SGI since mentioned)
- Date: 22 Jul 1992 23:56:37 GMT
- Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
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- Message-ID: <l6rtdlINNbfs@spim.mips.com>
- References: <1992Jul17.220112.20995@microsoft.com> <1992Jul20.092822.7666@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <MKAHN.92Jul22092527@hopi.sedona.intel.com>
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- In article <MKAHN.92Jul22092527@hopi.sedona.intel.com> mkahn@hopi.sedona.intel.com (Mitch Kahn) writes:
- >] 1) Backwards compatability is a waste of everyones time.
- >
- >Better tell that to DEC, IBM, MIPs, Motorola etc. as well as all the users
- >in the world who do not want to buy new software every time they get a
- >faster box. What color is the sky in your world?
-
- Although I hate to agree with somebody from Intel :-) I do this time.
- In this business, you get one chance to start from scratch, then
- you have to be at least upward-compatible for a very long time...
-
- >Intel boxes will still be the cheapest MIPs on the planet. Who cares if
- >a Crimson (or a Chartreuse) can run Windows. I'll get my P5 box for
- >$5k which is about $10K cheaper than anyone else.
-
- P5? When?
- It will be interesting to read between the lines of tomorrow's
- press reports.
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