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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Motorola policy
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Date: 13 Feb 88 03:40:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Feb 12 21:40:00 1988


Motorola and Intel are conspiring to monopolize the processor chip
market.  With this new generation of chips (68020/030, 80386), both
companies *refuse* to allow other chipmakers to second-source the
product.  No second source means NO PRICE COMPETITION.

So those $500 chips (16Mhz 68020, 16Mhz 80386) will probably cost $500
for years to come, unlike the vanilla ($5) 68000/8086 chips.  These
high prices will prevent technological progress, and open a "window of
vulnerability" for japanese 32-bit processor chip makers to attack.

Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
            {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}