Xref: utzoo comp.arch:5404 comp.misc:2753 Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.misc Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: IBM Demands License Fees for RISC Message-ID: <1988Jul10.232457.1157@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1591@microsoft.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 88 23:24:57 GMT >o Sun believes they are not exposed because SPARC "...is based on unique work > done at Sun". This is entertaining, since the SPARC architecture is very nearly a straight crib from the original Berkeley RISC project. -- Anyone who buys Wisconsin cheese is| Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology a traitor to mankind. --Pournelle |uunet!mnetor!utzoo! henry @zoo.toronto.edu