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From: joev@mikasa.WPI.EDU (Joseph W. Vigneau)
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Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
Date: 15 Dec 1994 19:51:32 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Message-ID: <3cq6o4$pd9@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <3cphs0$l6e@ddi2.digital.net> <D0v8yu.LLx@indirect.com>
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In article <D0v8yu.LLx@indirect.com>, Barnacle Wes <wes@indirect.com> wrote:
>
>I don't see how Intel could deserve such a "raw deal" more. Every
>chip line they've produced in recent history has been dumped onto
>the market with known bugs, simply because they were sure the
>average DOS user wouldn't notice it.
[...]
>Intel IMHO has always
>felt that the unwashed masses are too stupid to notice their lack
>of quality and attention to detail.
So, if the average DOS user never becomes a victim of the bug, what harm is
done? My P5/90 has the bug, but I'm not about to bitch and moan to Intel to
give me a new chip (Not now at least.. they're probably getting swamped with
AOL DOS weenies who *need* a new chip for their Microsoft Word stuff... I'll
wait a few months :). Look at Intel's current market. How many of them do
the hard core floating point stuff? A very small percentage... I haven't
noticed any flaws in my POVray raytrace output yet :)
Besides, this one was just widely publicized. Granted, Intel shouldn't have
kept it quiet for all this time, and they'll be bitten for it.. However,
it's not like PowerPCs, MIPS, Sparcs, and Alphas are bug free, too.....
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