Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!uwvax!oddjob!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM and RISCy Business (another legal battle a la Apple) Message-ID: <12388@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 9 Jul 88 07:29:09 GMT References: <372@mfgfoc.UUCP> <3880001@hpirs.HP.COM> <2395@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Reply-To: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 15 In article <2395@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> matloff@iris.UUCP (Norm Matloff) writes: >... IBM has a reputation for being "nonmodern," especially in academic >circles ... That depends: if by `IBM' you mean `IBM R&D', the answer is `by no means'. If you mean `IBM marketplace', the answer is `certainly so'. IBM hires sharp, top-notch people, sends them off to TJW &c, then waits for the gold nuggets. These are then run through the marketing division, where they are filtered through the Alchemist's Nightmare, transmuting from gold into lead. :-) :-) :-) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris