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Subject: Re: Processors

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 21:41:21 11/29/99

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On November 30, 1999 at 00:21:05, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>On November 30, 1999 at 00:08:54, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>
>>On November 30, 1999 at 00:00:17, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>
>>>Wait till Jan 19, 2000 when the Crusoe processor from Transmeta is released.
>>>You will be able to run both Mac and PC applications on the same machine. In
>>>addition, the speed will be much improved.  For further info see their site at
>>>
>>>http://www.transmeta.com
>>
>>Further info? :)
>>
>>Unfortunately, there's nothing there but a little picture. :(
>
>
>Mr. Penery,
>
>Read the html source code by clicking on the View window in your browser and
>access the Source command.  That will tell you a bit more.  More info will be
>available on the 19th of January, 2000.

Ooh, a secret message! :))

Copied from Transmeta's page:



>I hear that Linus Torvalds of "Linux" fame and Paul Allen, the cofounder of
>Microsoft are involved in the direction of Transmeta, Inc.

This is true.

>I think that it is
>going to be a really big step in standardization of the computing environment.
>I still can't find out when the stock will go public.

From what I've heard, their stuff is really pretty revolutionary.  I guess this
is from people speculating about the patents that Transmeta has filed.  I hope
it turns out to be as good as it sounds.



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