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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Intel is arrogant!
Message-ID: <643@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 90 21:40:25 GMT
References: <2012@v7fs1.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <2012@v7fs1.UUCP> sv@v7fs1.UUCP (Steve Verity) writes:

| 	So now Intel is the most holy keeper of *the* standard, are
| they?  Looking after the interests of the customers, making sure that
| no one does us a dis-service, eh ?  Oh pleeeeeeease.  

  I can't think of anyone else who should set the standard for the 386
instruction set. I agree that anything less than 100% compatible would
be a long term loss for the buyer, and would lead to software in several
versions, with little gain infunctionality and the extra cost passed on
to the buyer.
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bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
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