[Info-vax] Intel: Kittson to be socket-compatible with 9300 and 9500

[Paul Sture]

In article <kf5act$b9$2 at online.de>,
 helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) 
 wrote:

> In article <5115c72b$0$294$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 
> 
> > > Most were surprised when Compaq bought DEC.  (IIRC, the Compaq founders
> > > flipped a coin to decide whether to start a computer company or open a
> > > Mexican restaurant.)  Most were surprised that HP bought Compaq.  It
> > > would make sense for someone to buy the key elements of DEC from their
> > > current owners---say VMS, Rdb, compilers etc---and reboot (no pun
> > > intended) the company.  If Richard Branson is taking people into space,
> > > then this should be possible as well.
> > 
> > Do you think there is a good business case?
> 
> If marketed properly, yes.
> 
> I still remember the headline when Branson's company started selling 
> stock: Virgin goes public!

Didn't he take it back private again?  The stock market tried to 
persuade him to abandon his attempts at hot air ballooning for example, 
in case he came to a sticky end.  He wasn't happy about that so went 
private again.

-- 
Paul Sture