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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: P5 v. PowerPC (WAS: Where the mac really wins)
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:03:46 GMT
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- In <D2150035.lqbfh6@outpost.SF-Bay.org> peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce) writes:
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- >My friends at DEC tell me there was one overriding reason that Alpha
- >wasn't picked over PowerPC: Politics. The technological considerations
- >were a distant second.
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- "Losing bidder charges 'politics.'"
-
- Not exactly what I'd call a newsflash. :-)
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