Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!hpcea!hpfcdc!hpldola!hplsdla!kary From: kary@hplsdla.HP.COM (Dan Kary) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Architecture upgrade Message-ID: <3010001@hplsdla.HP.COM> Date: Tue, 30-Dec-86 00:19:32 EST Article-I.D.: hplsdla.3010001 Posted: Tue Dec 30 00:19:32 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Jan-87 21:36:31 EST References: <653@instable.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Colorado Springs Lines: 14 > >It's easy to imagine that DEC would have been at least a year > >later in introducing the VAX without compatibility mode. Makes > >you wonder what the world would look like today, if that had > >been the case. > This is *exactly* what I meant by 'brilliance'! There were many projects > that were so advanced they came out years too late because it took too > long to write the software for them. The Apple Macintosh is a good example. It was two years late. If their delivery had been more timely MS-DOS and intel processors might be as popular as they deserve to be. Dan Kary