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I never got anyone from Intel to actually admit to the licensing angle but it was pretty widely speculated about at the time.


Good point. I don’t have any inside information but it was certainly common to characterize it as a long reaction to things like losing that 386 lawsuit.


Yeah. Whether or not everyone was smart enough to never actually write down such a thing in an email or memo, you know there were execs who were keenly aware of this and, even if not the deciding factor, presumably helped influence the decision.




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