Carl, If Rambus shareholders get filthy rich because an industry recognizes their IP right's, so what? (Assuming they have IP right's. And assuming you're not short.<g>).
If the issue can be resolved, it free's up the market to make decisions based on the strength's of the products in respective market segments unconstrained by politics. If this were to happen, no longer would we be inundated by all the conflicting marketing hype.
Wouldn't it be nice if Rambus were in a position to say "DDR is better here, and RDRAM is better there?" While the Toshiba decision doesn't mean the rest of the industry won't fight back, IMO it signals a new direction.
And if, for example, Intel were to make some changes in their product lines because of this, wouldn't the market be better served? If some of the negative critique's of Rambus as a technology have validity, (including the many arguments you've put forth), I see this as a potential solution for all the players. The only problem I see, when everyone on the thread root's for both DDR and RDRAM, it won't be as much fun anymore.<VBG>
JMHO's |
