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From: jayl@bit.UUCP (Jay Lessert)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Is MIPS in Trouble?
Summary: Now stop that foolishness!
Keywords: Silliness
Message-ID: <136@bit.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 90 17:48:10 GMT
References: <1098@dg.dg.com>
Reply-To: jayl@bit.UUCP (Jay Lessert)
Followup-To: talk.rumors
Organization: BIT, Portland, OR
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In article <1098@dg.dg.com> uunet!root
			    AKA annon@null.dev.com
			    AKA root@dg.dg.com
			    AKA dg-rtp.dg.com!smith (his real name?)
			    writes:

>The October 29th issue of Electronic News had some interesting
>articles:
>       the future."  William Demmer, vice president of VAX/VMS
>       systems and servers left open the possibility that DEC
>       might end the relationship with MIPS, saying "MIPS IS 
>       NOT A BIG COMPANY AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE AS FAST
>       AS WE CAN." [emphasis mine... JDL]

Aside from this person's inability to successfully hide his identity
and origin, did all you other ex-VAX users find the Demmer quote as
hilarious as I did?  :-)

Sorry for the irrelevent-to-comp.arch post, I was weak and couldn't
resist.  I promise not to sin again.  Let's move these silly discussions
over to talk.rumors where they belong...

-- 
Jay Lessert  {ogicse,sun,decwrl}!bit!jayl
Bipolar Integrated Technology, Inc.
503-629-5490  (fax)503-690-1498