Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!tektronix!orca!brucec From: brucec@orca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rumor Subject: Re: INTEL - (nf) Message-ID: <1105@orca.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 12:57:47 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1105 Posted: Mon Oct 15 12:57:47 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 12:56:20 EDT Sender: brucec@orca.UUCP Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 13 -------------- [This is the official rumor of the 1984 Olympic hangover] Why should IBM have to take over Intel? They already own a good percentage (22% I think, with an option for up to 30%), and they are Intel's largest customer for 8086 and 64K memory family components. This gives them a good deal of control, without the heartache of antitrust suits. In any case, the management at Intel seem to think that the sun rises and sets on IBM. The silliest and least consequential of technical decisions at IBM is greeted like the Grail of the Lemmings. [This rumor comes ex officio from an ex-Intelite.]