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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Microsoft and faster machines
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Date: 20 Oct 89 00:40:18 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Oct 18 19:39:00 1989


/* Written  9:49 pm  Oct 16, 1989 by rcd@ico.isc.com in p.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.arch */
> In _EE_Times_, 16 October 1989, Intel VP David House says:  "Bill Gates
> [software maker Microsoft's chairman] says no matter how much more power we
> can supply, he'll develop some really exciting software that will bring the
> machine to its knees."
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Is this his excuse for never developing exciting software?

"no matter how much more power we can supply, he'll need more to
develop some really exciting software that will bring the machine to
its knees..."