Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:34:31 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Protected mode instructions which reduce to noop. Message-ID: <199804241734.KAA00591@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Apr 1998 06:22:59 -0000." <199804240622.XAA07872@usr09.primenet.com>
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> IBM is technically competent in > most regards (brilliant in some, which is surprising; management tends to > fear brilliant things). Having been close to quite a lot of IBM hardware at levels I'm familiar with, I would perhaps cant that slightly and say that IBM often manage to bring to market products that have not had their technical excellence dulled by cost concerns. It's a pity that the result is a product that costs too much for what it effectively is. 8( -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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