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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.unix.wizards,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Mach, the new standard?
Message-ID: <18087@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: Wed, 26-Aug-87 14:16:45 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 26 14:16:45 1987
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In article <83@splut.UUCP> jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard) writes:
<I'll support the Free Software Foundation when they give up their processor
<bigotry and decide to support the machine architecture that I use (PC/AT).
<Until then, why should I waste my money?
<
<(Disclaimer: Last I heard on the subject, the position was "Intel? Not until
<hell freezes over!" If that's incorrect, I'd be happy to hear it.)

Last night, RMS said he didn't think there'd be any problems
supporting the 386. So your statement might better be amended to "64K
segments?  Not until hell freezes over!"

Course, that doesn't help you unless you upgrade to a PS/2-80 or other
386 type of PC. 

-- 
I speak for myself, not the company.

Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com