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From: ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Compaq find problem with chip
Message-ID: <2591@munnari.oz.au>
Date: 31 Oct 89 01:25:14 GMT
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In article <2725@ganymede.inmos.co.uk>, des@yatton.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
> Brief summary: Compaq announced that it had found problem with fpu on
> an Intel chip it is using in its new generation PCs. An analyst is
> quoted as saying "You could just hear an audible gasp in the crowd when
> they made the announcement". The result of this was a 10% fall in the
> value of Compaq stocks and 5% fall in Intel stocks.

Given that Compaq *found* the problem and were honest enough to talk
about it, in a just world their share prices should have *risen*.