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From: sundar@mipos2.intel.com (Sundar Iyengar~)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Slandering Intel
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Date: 1 Jun 89 23:23:35 GMT
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>In article <20275@obiwan.mips.COM> mark@mips.COM (Mark G. Johnson) writes:
>>We certainly see this phenomenon as well.  The number of "I was the
>>designer of the 80386" resume's that cross our desks is astonishing...
>
>Gee, if I was hiring someone, I'd be sorely tempted to throw those resumes
>in the garbage as soon as I saw that line.  Not something to be proud of
>in my books! :-) :-)
>
>(Okay, I know the designers mostly weren't to blame for the architecture...)
>-- 
>Van Allen, adj: pertaining to  |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
>deadly hazards to spaceflight. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.


Henry Spencer is a prolific contributor to the Space and Computer
Architecture groups on the USENET.  He is well informed about the
current affairs and usually his comments are intelligent and well
received.  However, what troubles me most is his blatant dislike for
the people who design, implement and support the x86 architectures.
In his views on Intel, I see a lack of ability to separate people
from the issues.  The people who work on our projects are
intelligent, diligent and possess great problem solving abilities.
Whatever they came up with in terms of x86 architectures and designs,
represent the best given the constraints and the needs of our users
as they existed when we started addressing them.  Without knowing
what those constraints and needs were, ridiculing the people for the
end result they produced is not professional.


Sundar Iyengar                      Microprocessor Design

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