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From: smb@data.com (Steven M. Boker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: RISC vs. CISC -- SPECmarks
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.172205.15161@data.com>
Date: 10 Apr 91 17:22:05 GMT
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In article <1991Apr10.121142.1@capd.jhuapl.edu> waltrip@capd.jhuapl.edu writes:
>	The MIPS R4000 is the chip selected by the consortium of Microsoft,
>	Compaq, DEC, etc., who are proposing to build a standard workstation
>	of the future.  Its probably possible for NeXT to leverage off of this
>	effort (perhaps join it) as the result could be a cheap-to-produce
>	platform.  

This is the OS/2 Windows Microsoft workstation of the future.  Don't
think otherwise.  I'm only sorry for Compaq, who has seemed more and more
like DEC every day.  I am glad to see that Microsoft couldn't pull any
more of the players into their OS/2 shuck and jive.

Steve


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