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From: phys169@canterbury.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Re: Tektronix shutdown & move away from 88k's??
Message-ID: <1990Oct19.120218.9450@canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 18 Oct 90 23:02:17 GMT
References: <1990Oct14.003906.26373@wolves.uucp> <1536@ftc.framentec.fr>
Organization: University of Canterbury
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In article <1536@ftc.framentec.fr>, ndoduc@framentec.fr (Nhuan Doduc) writes:
> Over there in France, a marketing friend of me boasted last september that
> we can wait for a big change from 88k to "his" risc by october. Now we're
> only the 15th, so ...
> The strangest of all is that when I mentioned this to another marketing
> friend (of another 88K vendor), he seems to agree, reluctantly through, to
> the "unavoidability" of this move ...
> 
What does this mean? Are 88K's going the way of Beta vtr systems, or are there
just too many companies doing workstations. I get the impression Sparcs are so
far out in front that other chips, even if they're better, are close to doomed.
Well, that's putting it a bit strong, perhaps, but what is a realistic
appraisal of the situation?
Mark (worried) Aitchison, Uni of Canty, New Zealand.