Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!khearn From: khearn@pyrglass (Keith Hearn) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM RISC patents Message-ID: <29284@pyramid.pyramid.com> Date: 29 Jun 88 18:14:12 GMT Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com Reply-To: khearn@pyrglass.UUCP (Keith Hearn) Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA Lines: 18 In article <4138@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes: >In article <785@taux01.UUCP> amos@taux01.UUCP (Amos Shapir) writes: >>In article <58192@sun.uucp> duckass%whitney@Sun.COM (David Chenevert) writes: >>> Mr. Kuehler declined to say in what areas the company might move >>>next. >> >>Sue anyone who uses the binary number system, of course. > > No, they'll sue anyone who uses the DECIMAL number system (maybe >they'll just stick to packed decimal, though.) :-) :-) :-) Are the rumors true that IBM holds patents on the Von Neumann machine? :-) Keith khearn@pyramid.pyramid.com