thus Rick Kelly spake:
> 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.

yes, history repeating. tho i think HP is too big to die in its
entirety, but i'm sure they do suffer from HP-PA's death and cut-down
roadmaps for the itanic.

hey, some kind of poetic justice :D

cheers,

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