Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!eos!eugene From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Split I and D caches and IBM lawyers Message-ID: <1250@eos.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 88 20:45:21 GMT References: <62370@sun.uucp> <15086@apple.Apple.COM> <62555@sun.uucp> <8729@pur-ee.UUCP> Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 15 In article <8729@pur-ee.UUCP> hankd@pur-ee.UUCP (Hank Dietz) writes: >The unfortunate thing about the IBM patents is not the patents themselves, >but the PUBLIC USE OF THEM AS A SCARE TACTIC. It was said during the "auto crisis:" when the new regulations come out, Detroit hires 200 lawyers, XXX (back then it was the Japanese), hires 200 engineers. Another gross generalization from --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: "Mailers?! HA!", "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology." {uunet,hplabs,ncar,decwrl,allegra,tektronix}!ames!aurora!eugene "Send mail, avoid follow-ups. If enough, I'll summarize."