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From: bruceh@brushwud.sgi.com (Bruce R. Holloway)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: IBM PC prehistory
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Date: 27 Dec 89 23:30:40 GMT
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In article <5946@alvin.mcnc.org>, mjt@mcnc.org (Michael Tighe) writes:
> In article <21559@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> seeger@manatee.cis.ufl.edu (F. L. Charles Seeger III) writes:
> 
> > I think that IBM choose Intel for largely business reasons...
> 
> At the time, IBM owned a large percentage of Intel stock (> 20%). Because
> of this, It is unlikely they would have gone to another chip maker.

Of course, IBM bought that interest in anticipation of contributing
substantially to the growth of Intel.