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From: boyne@hplvli.HP.COM (Art Boyne)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Slandering Intel
Message-ID: <310001@hplvli.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Jun 89 21:34:35 GMT
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henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> ... (Of note,
>in particular, is the reputed decision of the IBM PC's original [non-IBM]
>designers to use the Intel CPU simply because Intel was delivering good
>silicon at a time when nobody else was.)

Hmmm..., I seem to remember (I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong) that
IBM bought a 60% (?) stake in Intel in the late 1970's, to guarantee a RAM
supply after the RAM shortage in about the 1975-6 timeframe.  I wonder if
practically owning the company had any influence on IBM's decision to
use Intel.  :-)

Art Boyne, boyne@hplvla.hp.com