More trashtalking from Jerry "Thunderballs" Sanders, posted as heresay by Sharky Extreme:
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Sharky Extreme listened to the interview and heard the familiar Athlon battle cries, including the fact that the Athlon is a "seventh generation processor" while the Pentium III is "last generation" (Sander's words).
If Pentium III is "last generation," I wonder what Sanders thinks of Willamette/Foster, if anything. Anyway, more blathering:
In response to a pointed question regarding Sander's opinion of whether or not Intel is guilty of any anti-trust violations, he responded that "Intel has had a monopoly position for the better half of this decade" and have "stymied competition and innovation."
Sanders finished the thought by stating that "over the long haul it's going to become clear that Intel has not behaved appropriately."
Typical two-sided talk coming out of Sanders. The Athlon is proof that competition is alive and healthy. Why, then, is he still claiming that Intel "stymied competition and innovation"? (Oh, and notice his use of Bill Gates' favorite political buzzword, "innovation.")
And finally, the last point Sanders makes:
Regarding AMD's future, Sanders stated that after being "first" to market with "the 600, first with the 650, first with the 700, and first with the 750 [MHz CPUs]" that he believes AMD will hit faster speed targets next year before Intel as well:
"We'll be first with the 800MHz [CPU] and first with the 1GHz [CPU] next year".
Ole Thunderballs is thumping his chest, thinking he's now an 800 lb. gorilla. But, to be fair, SE did say this about AMD, "They've actually hit every one of their production and delivery targets for the Athlon on time, and they seem able to continue their excellent punctuality well into 2000."
Perhaps the guy really is learning something about management these days. Too bad his ego still gets in the way.
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