____/ Rex Ballard on Wednesday 04 July 2007 21:10 : \____
> On Jul 4, 12:01 pm, Au79 <a...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=264
>
> More for AMD?
>
> More notable is that Intel seems to be so willing to come clean now.
>
> Remember the F00F bug? That little puppy had been around for a long
> time, and even MELTED some Cyrix chips that had the same bug. Intel
> didn't acknowledge the bug for almost a year.
>
> The 80286 had a defect which prevented DR-DOS or CP/M-86 from running
> in multitasking mode. Intel didn't fix the mask for almost 2 years,
> even though it knew how to fix it much earlier.
>
> In the past, when Microsoft cracked the whip, Intel asked how high to
> jump on the way up.
>
> AMD has made a killing by catering to Linux rather than just
> Microsoft. The AMD released their 64 bit chips even when Microsoft
> didn't have a working 64 bit operating system, but Linux did.
>
> Intel FINALLY released the Intel Core 2 duo, which had 64 bit
> capability, but had difficulty running 64 bit versions of Linux.
>
> Perhaps that is why AMD chips have grown to almost 30% of the market.
Actually, AMD are close to Microsoft as well and de Raadt accuses them of other
yet related things as well. Still, at least they are not monopoly abusers and
they don't do kickbacks, among other unethical/illegal things.
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