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- From: zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: Idea for the P5!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.062302.10740@fasttech.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 06:23:02 GMT
- Article-I.D.: fasttech.1992Nov20.062302.10740
- References: <1992Nov19.135830.17432@crd.ge.com>
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- Organization: Fast Technology
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- In <1992Nov19.135830.17432@crd.ge.com> davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
- > The correct name for the P5 is "Godot."
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- > I predict that the P5 will ship in volume as soon as AMD starts
- >shipping their 486, just as the 486 suddenly because more available when
- >other 386 chips were shipping.
-
- You make this sound like it was in some way "bad". It's ethical competition
- and good business tactics.
-
- I'm happy to lead the way in disparaging Intel's legal antics and their
- duplicity in dealing with AMD. But there's nothing wrong with delaying a
- product for a few months for marketing reasons.
-