SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: rudedog who wrote (37159)10/30/2000 12:23:30 AM
From: QwikSand  Read Replies (2) of 64865
 
Yes, but we're forgetting about the white-box Intel market. My point was that there are plenty of Intel servers powering the web that don't have ECC main memory, with more being sold right now today. Most of them are probably not being sold into Sun's main customer base. But some probably are.

Remember the Pentium FDIV fiasco where Intel's first answer was "it's no big deal", which was in fact the truth in all ways except as relate to mob psychology (or "PR"). The market told them "wrong answer" and they retracted it, offering to replace processors, which almost nobody took them up on.

Sun didn't make that mistake. They acknowledged the problem and fixed it. The Intel world is rife with more serious variants of the same problem, and it doesn't seem to be news.

This is a slow-news-day issue (if we give Forbes the benefit of the doubt with respect to bias).

--QS
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News