Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!vladimir From: vladimir@Eng.Sun.COM (Vladimir G. Ivanovic) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Apple talking to IBM Message-ID: Date: 16 Jun 91 05:43:09 GMT References: <1991Jun11.211857.7834@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> <21480009@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 23 In-reply-to: stevewi@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM's message of 14 Jun 91 18:26:32 GMT X-Md4-Signature: de88cfd136f378c6d7371b2657bf54e2 In article <21480009@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM> stevewi@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM (Steve Witten) writes: The San Jose Mercury News reported that it would take IBM at least 2 years to modify the RS6000 chipset so that it would be usable by Apple in there [sic] systems ... Did the SJMN say what was not usable by Apple or did they just start an unfounded rumor? And two years is a long time. I'd be willing to wager that two years was over 50% of the development time of the RS/6000. This implies a complete revamping of the chip set and I have a hard time buying that. (I have been wrong a few times in the past ... ;-) More information would be appreciated. -- Vladimir -- ============================================================================== Vladimir G. Ivanovic Sun Microsystems, Inc (415) 336-2315 MTV12-33 vladimir@Eng.Sun.COM 2550 Garcia Ave. {decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax}!sun!Eng!vladimir Mountain View, CA 94043-1100 Disclaimer: I speak for myself. ==============================================================================