I find it interesting that with respect to the Bears and Bulls sides, there is a significant correlation between the Rambus Bears and those who support for AMD (except for Scumbria, who thinks RDRAM will be good for video boards and is waiting for benchmarks on mobos).
On the other hand, I rarely hear any of the Bulls voice strong support for Intel. I have no idea which of the Bulls are invested in Intel. I'm not (probably unfortunately given the recent gains).
Thus, with respect to the "open mind" issue (FUD), it appears to me that the anti-Rambus feeling is generated by the "no Intel successes at any cost" mentality. Intel's initiatives have to be fought on all fronts. Intel must be taken down. And, unfortunately, that even means purposefully posting very misleading statements at times.
For all the Bears who think they're bringing "the light of day" to an otherwise closed up thread, you can check back through the thread -- we were posting articles from The Register, TheStreet.com, EET, Tom's Hardware, and all the other publications and sites that tend to not support Rambus or are obviously anti-Intel long before you got here, and we'll continue to do so long after you've covered yourself and disappeared. We just don't happen to believe them blindly like you do in your anti-Intel fervor. We've also had many discussions of the benefits and shortcomings of the technology. Look back in the March/April timeframe, I believe it was, when we had a significant number of discussions on the technology.
You are welcome to short Rambus any time you want. There are several known SIers who do, and I say more power to them if they can make money on the wild rides. But they don't come to the thread and make up BS as Dan did earlier. If you hate Intel and want to try to take down Rambus for it, at least have the decency to do your homework and post facts, not drivel.
Dave |
