Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!tektronix!reed!percival!littlei!omepd!radix!jimv
From: jimv@radix (Jim Valerio)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Yield of core-MIPS chips [MIPSCo yield? && Other Issues]
Message-ID: <38@radix>
Date: 12 Mar 88 07:39:10 GMT
References: <1806@obiwan.mips.COM> <2904@omepd>
Reply-To: jimv@radix.UUCP (Jim Valerio)
Organization: Radix MicroSystems, Beaverton
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In article <2904@omepd> mcg@iwarpo3.UUCP (Steve McGeady) asks:
>what does it take to make an architecture successful?

The observation that's always been quoted to me, and seems to have some
basis in fact, is:

	Good computers don't sell.

Of course, there are so many bad computers out there that this observation
could be an artifact of the random probability of any computer succeeding. :-)

Less cynically, it seems pretty clear to me that name brands consistently win
out over fads.  There's something about sizable investments that makes many
people turn conservative.
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Jim Valerio	jimv%radix@omepd.intel.com, {verdix,omepd}!radix!jimv