Xref: utzoo misc.invest:11101 comp.sys.mips:1368 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucla-cs!oahu!frazier From: frazier@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Frazier) Newsgroups: misc.invest,comp.sys.mips Subject: Re: Why so much MIPS action? Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 18:43:49 GMT References: <1991Feb12.163945.27695@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Sender: news@cs.ucla.edu (Shemp News Account) Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: oahu.cs.ucla.edu frazier@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Frazier) writes: >schwartz@alpha.ces.cwru.edu (David G. Schwartz) writes: >>Over the last ~2-3 weeks Mips Computer Systems (MIPS) has gone >>from around 10 to 16-7/8 (Feb 11 close). What's the story with these >>guys? Anyone seen projected earnings for '91? Do they really have a >>good product line? Are they the "SUN" of the '90s? >>What do the net.experts have to say about this? >Well, I'm not expert, but... [most of my schlock deleted] >up their sleaves. Oh, Compaq and Motorola have also made ^^^^^^^^ Ack! No, no, no, no. I of course meant Microsoft. Thanks to Mark for pointing this out to me. >announcements to the effect that Compaq intends to use the R4000 >in its next generation of workstations, and Motorola is going ^^^^^^^^ Here, too. >to support OS/2 for the R4000 (not that big a deal, since >apparently they already have it running on the R3000). -- Greg Frazier frazier@CS.UCLA.EDU !{ucbvax,rutgers}!ucla-cs!frazier