Timo Schoeler said:

>when they're the only alternative to intel et al. (Alpha died, HP-PA
>does, MIPS on the not-embedded field also, SPARC may survive - i hope -
>and then there's POWER) i bet even the dumbest economic guy will
>continue it. prove me wrong :D

When companies put Intel processors in non-wintel boxes, they eventually
die off. Sequent had beautiful machines built with Intel processors, and
IBM bought them, and closed them down. Data General had 88k UNIX boxes
that ran okay, but when Motorola stopped developing the 88k, they switched
to Intel. EMC bought them and shut them down.
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