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From: edwardm@hpcuhd.HP.COM (Edward McClanahan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Death of OS/2? (was Re: Microsoft OS/2?)
Message-ID: <108170008@hpcuhd.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 91 09:15:47 GMT
References: <29814@usc>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Greg Pavlov writes:

> In article <29814@usc>, ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
> > -------Start_of_Speculation----------
> > 
> > In the long run, I suppose Microsoft understands Intel processors
> > are a dead end and would want to migrate to SPARC/MIPS/88k. ....
> 
>   Oh boy.  I am not a "fan" of the 80nnnnnnnn.... architecture and 
>   I certainly have no interest in acquiring/using OS/2.  But I think
>   that it's going to be a VERY long time before sales of SPARC+MIPS+88k
>   overtake 80nnn.....

Actually, I read an interesting article in the Business section of the
San Jose Mercury News the other day which announced that Microsoft, Compaq,
and Dec (and perhaps SCO, partially owned by Microsoft) were teaming together
to define "the next PC" based on (perhaps a MIPS) new RISC chip.

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