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From: chrisj@pdx041.intel.com (Chris Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What's in the '586?
Message-ID: <1991May24.153126.1468@ichips.intel.com>
Date: 24 May 91 15:31:26 GMT
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In article <1991May22.014604.13983@ims.alaska.edu>, floyd@ims.alaska.edu (Floyd Davidson) writes:
> In article <1991May21.191242.4591@sbcs.sunysb.edu> jallen@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Joseph Allen) writes:
>> My God, what am I saying?  I hope there arn't any marketing people reading
>> comp.arch... 
>>
>> That is the real problem with this joke.  It was funny as hell, but
>> what if some Intel marketing people see it?  Look how many people
>> here couldn't tell it was a joke.  How many of...  Oh never mind...

You think YOU'RE worried about Intel marketing people reading this
column...  :-)

Seriously folks, I've enjoyed reading this discussion and watching the mayhem
that a couple of funny postings can cause.  I notice that there are a lot of
intel-bashers out there.  OK, so maybe not everybody agrees with the latest
and greatest(?) coming out of this company, but remember a cople of things:

	1) Intel is a business, and by nature wants to make money.
	2) REAL mode might be a thing of the past if not for... well, you know.

Wish I could comment.  :-)
--Chris

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