Don, I've seen a couple "glowers". Interesting comment in their conclusion: "With rumors of a low cost "Savage2" accelerator
running at 150MHz and supporting up to 32MB of on board ram to debut
in early March, Hercules is well positioned to take advantage of and
dominate the "under $125" video accelerator market in 1999."
Also, throughout the article, references were made to "Hercules" in relation to drivers. Who is responsible for what? Huh?
Re: Y2K Why would there be a lot of hardware sales. Almost everything since '94 is compliant. Most PC users' software will work.
The impact is going to be in mission critical hardware/software. If I was wearing a pacemaker, I'd be demanding, not only a compliance statement, but all the backup documents regarding Y2K compliance from EVERYBODY! The manufacturer, the manufacturer's suppliers, the hospital that installed it, the doctor's, the nurses, the bedpans.....
Business world and especially financial institutions are the going to be the hardest hit. But again, it's primarily software, though there are, I'm sure, 20 year-old computers out there that some scrooge is trying to squeeze that last electron from. One of our clients, a $100 Million ag firm, has decided to not use us to make compliant a package they had developed in-house 15 years ago. The owner said his nephew was going to do it. I'm wondering if the nephew will still be in the owner's will come Jan of 2000 and if he is, will it be money that he's inheriting?
but all that aside, the big impact will fall somewhere in between:
1)Nothing will happen, and 2)The Earth will vaporize.
I have a cousin that subscribes to the latter opinion.
S3 :=> Intel I don't need anymore bridges, but I would like to know the basis for your statement that: Intel just signed a deal that lets them have all S3s patents without spending a dime. Do you really mean ALL and A DIME? And, are you postulating the S3 is getting nothing out of the deal, except a greaseless screwing?
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