Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!spdcc!dyer From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Intel (no)286, 386SX billboards Message-ID: <528@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> Date: 9 Nov 89 07:53:36 GMT References: Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) Distribution: comp Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA Lines: 16 In article crum@alicudi.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) writes: >I think it's pretty stylish advertising. They really caught my attention. >I can't think of a case where a manufacturer has so strongly denounced >its old technology and urged the acceptance of a replacement. >I wonder if Intel has a primary reason for the campaign, like say, for >their UNIX effort. Have the billboards been discussed in this group? A simple reason for the campaign is that the 286 is amply second-sourced by several vendors and continues to be popular, much to Intel's dismay. The entire 386 family, including the 386SX, whatever its technical merits, is as far as I know, only being produced by Intel. -- Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu