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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
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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.

    :-)   :-)   :-)
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