[rescue] Another fine business decision for us axp-lovers

Dave McGuire rescue at sunhelp.org
Mon Jun 25 13:13:30 CDT 2001


On June 25, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> Hold up a second.  SGI is also heading towards Intel.  

  Uhh, what?

  SGI had one Intel-based product line that is failing.  This doesn't
constitute "heading towards Intel".

> And Apple doesn't really sell 64bit machines (well, they show no signs of
> making a 64bit OS, and from my understanding, the PPC can be 64bit, but
> the ones Apple uses aren't).  On the bright side, you forgot IBM.  They
> make 64bit PPCs and Power chips.  And IBM should be around a long time.

  IBM makes a whole lot more than that.  I'd go so far as to say their
PPC and other Power chips are insignificant in the face of their
other businesses.

     -Dave McGuire



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