Re: I'm sick of subject lines about that stupid apple storm thing

[hal@budapest.math.macalstr.edu (Harold Byron Bouma)]

Gregory Ross Thompson writes

>   Next, if you can make a general purpose chip that can emulate an
> '816, then you can ALWAYS make a dedicated '816 that'll be faster.
> Why not just do that?

	Yes, but who will make that dedicated '816??? I mean, if a general  
purpose chip goes faster than the chips that the other makers are willing to  
supply, then hey, that competition may make faster chips, but its a no lose  
situation for us if it exists.

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