Nope. Never wrote that.

>>> Bruce Toback <[log in to unmask]> 08/21 9:05 AM >>>
Doug Becker writes:

>While HP re-iterated their commitment to MPE/iX and taking it into the
>IA-64 arena, it seemed, to me at least, that they allowed an 'out' path by
>indicating that there would be 3-4 more PA-RISC chips that would be
>concurrently available/released to the IA-64 that will also support MPE/iX.

Don't read too much into this. Even Intel is downplaying the significance 
of the first generation of IA-64 chips. If history is any guide, the 
first generation of a new architecture runs behind the last generation of 
the old architecture. That was certainly the case with the stack-to-RISC 
MPE transition, as well as with Apple's 68K (CISC)-to-PowerPC (RISC) 
transition. During HP's transition, classic machines shared the price 
list with PA-RISC machines for at least three years.

-- Bruce


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