Word: ibm
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...brand--defines the type of computer on your desk, although some brand-names are strongly linked to a microprocessor--for example, Macintosh is linked to both Motorola's 68000 and the PowerPC chip. When the computer store salesperson says that a computer conforms to the IBM PC standard or is Windows compatible, he or she is really referring to the computer's microprocessor...
...theory, therefore, RISC chips are the wave of the future and CISC chips are a technological dead-end. Most microprocessor companies have voted with their feet by shifting design resources to RISC-based architectures. MIPS, Hewlett-Packard, Digital Sun Microsystems, IBM, Apple and Motorola are all converts...
...think Al Carnesale has done a remarkable job of simultaneously fulfilling his roles as dean of the Kennedy School and provost of the University," said Roger B. Porter, IBM professor of business and government...
Matt Howitt is correct ("Tech Talk," Apr. 26) in noting that preemptive multitasking "has existed for a long time," but he omits mentioning IBM's Time Sharing System (TSS) Model 360/67, which used a multitask environment, and paging of memory to create virtual memory. It too was created in the 1960s...
...legal terms, the two cases are quite different. In one, Microsoft has been accused of unfairly using its dominant position in operating systems (some 8 out of 10 IBM-compatible PCs run on Microsoft's software) to help it enter new markets. In the other, Microsoft is trying to buy dominance in a market where it was losing money and where Intuit had a 70% share. In fact, the company was doing so poorly with its Microsoft Money program that when the merger was announced, Gates offered to give it to archrival Novell in a deal one pundit characterized...