Path: utzoo!censor!becker!geac!jtsv16!uunet!sjsca4!annapurna!grimesg From: grimesg@annapurna (George Grimes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Intel (no)286, 386SX billboards Message-ID: <1989Nov14.001307.1016@sj.ate.slb.com> Date: 14 Nov 89 00:13:07 GMT References: Reply-To: grimesg@annapurna.UUCP (George Grimes) Distribution: comp Organization: Schlumberger ATE, San Jose, CA Lines: 28 In article crum@alicudi.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) writes: Stuff deleted. > >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? > The motive is simple: profit. There are second sources for 286's so if you buy a 286 system, Intel may not get any of the money. There is no licensed second source for the 386 so if you buy a 386 system, Intel will profit. George P.S. Others might say the motive was greed. ******************************************************************************* Any similarity between my opinion and my employer's is purely coincidental and subject to immediate review if you bring it to my attention! +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DOMAIN: grimesg@sj.ate.slb.com | George Grimes | | UUCP: {decwrl,uunet}!sjsca4!grimesg | Schlumberger Technologies | | INTERNET: grimesg%sjs@sdr.slb.com | 1601 Technology Drive | | PHONE:(408)437-5305/Fax:(408)453-0137 | San Jose, Ca. 95115 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+