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From: matt@hprndli.HP (Matt Wakeley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Re: Intel Microprocessors
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 12:14:21 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 12:14:21 1987
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>	Let`s face it, If IBM hadn`t made the mistake of using an Intel
>	processor in the PC, Intel wouldn`t be in the Microprocessor
>	business today. The one thing that I don`t understand is why,
>	given the internal errors in the 80386 chip mask and the fact
>	that the "braindamaged"(Microsoft's own word) architecture of
>	the 80286 is forcing IBM to create a non-MSDOS-compatible 
>	operating system (that's right, OS/2 will not run MSDOS
>	applications in protected mode) , why, why, why, didn't IBM
>	make use of their opportunity to escape from the Intel tar pit
>	and use the MC68020 to make the PS/2 into a REAL computer?


why, why, why? Because IBM has bought (at least part of) Intel.  Besides,
when has IBM ever done anything smart?