Re: Commentary: I Hate to Leave Like This

[kmunoz@cs.oberlin.edu (Kevin Munoz)]

In article <sheldonCJ8rr8.DHv@netcom.com> sheldon@netcom.com (Sheldon Simms) writes:

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>In article <C010694074602.629@damage.cleve.fnet.org> Damin@damage.cleve.fnet.org writes:
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>>Intel and Bill Gates are in a BAD BAD BAD position with the upcoming
>>PowerPC's! And like I stated before, with the kludges inherent in the Pentium
>>to make it X86 compatible, it's got sever limitations. (Not to mention that it
>>is a bitch to program for)
>
>As much as I can't stand Microsoft products, let us be honest here. The
>fact that Microsoft owns the DOS-PC software market doesn't mean that
>it is not capable of gunning just as hard for the PowerPC market. If
>the Intel ship goes down I guarantee you Bill Gates will NOT be on it.
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>Intel, on the other hand, is worse off. I would say the chances are
>better than even that Intel's dominance of the Processor market will
>soon seem like a bad dream.
>
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> W. Sheldon Simms        | Newt's Friend / Jack Kemp for President
> sheldon@netcom.com      | Freedom implies responsibility 
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	Yeah, actually, Microsoft is in a great position. They're
already revving to develop Windows on Mac and Unix machines. With the
PowerPC they will be doing likewise: writing new, exciting,
disturbingly bad and kludgy software. ;)

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