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From: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: IBM S/360-95 Re: R4000 "announcement"
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Date: 8 Feb 91 16:41:20 GMT
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Can we assume that R4000 pre-announcement comes because MIPS is losing
mark share, or is not having a good quarter / half year?  When your
stock goes down or your sales go down, sometimes it takes some
boasting to get things turned around...

Don Gillies	     |  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
gillies@cs.uiuc.edu  |  Digital Computer Lab, 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana IL
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