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No but it created a lot of sales for 68k customers who needed something faster than a 68030 sun3 and a lot of FUD in a Unix industry that didnt know whether MIP
by smackeyacky 4y ago
No but it created a lot of sales for 68k customers who needed something faster than a 68030 sun3 and a lot of FUD in a Unix industry that didnt know whether MIPS, Itanium, PowerPC or half a dozen other architectures would be good enough to fend off a rapidly improving Windows onslaught.
In the end Intel played both sides of the aisle and won. Fun time to be in the industry though.