henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (06/08/89)
In article <310001@hplvli.HP.COM> boyne@hplvli.HP.COM (Art Boyne) writes: >Hmmm..., I seem to remember (I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong) that >IBM bought a 60% (?) stake in Intel in the late 1970's, to guarantee a RAM >supply after the RAM shortage in about the 1975-6 timeframe. I wonder if >practically owning the company had any influence on IBM's decision to >use Intel. :-) As I understand it, absolutely none, because -- as I stated -- the decision was not made by IBM. IBM took over a nearly-complete design done by a much smaller outfit. -- You *can* understand sendmail, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology but it's not worth it. -Collyer| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu