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From: jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff Kenton)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: IBM RISC
Message-ID: <11240@encore.Encore.COM>
Date: 26 Feb 90 19:52:23 GMT
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From article <43746@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, by lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster):
> I think the IBM announcement will turn out to be the best possible outcome
> for current Unix/Workstation vendors.  The reason is this:
> 
> Fortune 500 companies will see this as "legitimizing" Unix, the same way that
> the IBM PC "legitimized" the PC.  Never mind the stupidity or illogicality of
> this attitude - that is how they think about IBM and computers.  Today.
> 

But, IBM has "legitimized" Unix several times before.  In fact, each time it
was a different flavor of Unix, giving rise to wondrous conspiracy theories.

I think we may have to wait and see if the latest offering has any impact on
the Unix market.



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