noteworthy wrote:
] After six months of grueling unpaid labor, Greg couldn't
] explain to his parents what he had done. They didn't use
] computers, and the only periodical they read was the New York
] Times. So as the project was winding down, I asked Greg if he
] wanted his photo in the Times so his parents would know what
] he was up to. He gave the only possible response: "Yeah,
] right." We made a bet for dinner at Le Mouton Noir, a fine
] French restaurant in Saratoga. To be honest, I expected to
] lose, but I made a phone call. Greg doesn't bet against me any
] more: On March 11, 1994, the front page of the Times business
] section contained an article on the alliance among Apple, IBM,
] and Motorola, picturing Greg and me in my front yard with a
] view of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
]
] It begins:
]
] RISC or CISC? This seemingly esoteric computer industry
] debate, on which every techie will opine, has boiled over into
] a theological dispute that has turned Silicon into a Valley
] divided.
]
] In the article, Markoff describes Wired as "the digital
] world's theological arbiter", which said that PowerPC is
] "the light side of the force."
]
] An Intel manager said, "If this is a religious war, we've
] already won."
]
] The photo caption read: "Crusaders for the Power PC
] Macintosh include Ron Avitzur, foreground, an independent
] programmer in Los Altos Hills, Calif., who, with Greg Robbins
] and Steve Newman, rear, has written a new kind of calculator
] software that will be included with the new Macintoshes."

Fuck a John Markoff. Good find, though.

RE: Chip Makers' Competing Creeds, by John Markoff - March 11, 1994