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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« on: October 06, 2003, 10:53:09 PM »
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Amiga Inc is the worst and a new company will need to do a lot of scamming to match Amiga Incs high standards.


Microsoft, AOL, nVidia or NTL could manage that, I reckon.
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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2003, 01:26:43 AM »
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A PPC may be superior in technology


As Hammer will probably tell you if he gets to read this thread, it's not. PPC has a more elegant design and has no legacy hacks, and can theoretically be pushed further. However, x86 has a substantial technology lead: in design, in hardware, and in manufacture.

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