Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Jul 1998 08:03:18 -0700 (MST) | From | Bob Nielsen <> | Subject | Re: Linux in Mondays NY Times |
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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Worse that that. If you buy any Intel processor since the 8086, US$5.00 > of the cost is a license fee paid to Micro$haft. Micro$haft claims > ownership to the "Intel Architecture", i.e., what used to be called > the "IBM-PC/AT". They "purchased" the rights to this design from IBM > sometime in the early '70s, waited about 10 years for major developments > to be made by Intel and others, then threatened a suit. The settlement > was a 5.00 per processor fee to be paid by the end-user.
It appears the AMD and Cyrix are missing a major advertising opportunity here.
Bob
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