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To: Dan3 who wrote (91491)10/31/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: Tony Viola  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 186894
 
Dan, man you're really working the threads today. AMD better than Intel, Rambus inferior to every other kind of DRAM...

As I'm sure you know, the "superior" device, or technology, or just plain product doesn't always win out:

Betamax vs. VHS

Apple vs. IBM PC

68000, Z80 vs. 8086

Japan Inc., mid 80's vs. American semiconductor companies

OS/2 vs. Windows

Amdahl vs. IBM

Hitachi vs. IBM

I hate to say it, but superior marketing, or the just plain monster, 800 lb. gorilla company won out in all of these cases. If you're right about Rambus being inferior, and I believe the jury is still out on that one a lot, it still could be added to the list of "inferior" products that won out anyway. It may not be right, but that's business, baby.

Tony



To: Dan3 who wrote (91491)10/31/1999 11:22:00 PM
From: dmf  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Dan3 RE: I'll grant you that Intel has spent a lot more money on R&D than AMD, but the goal is creating new products, not getting rid of cash.

Hmmm. You might want to talk with Jerry Sanders about that.

Some companies create profits from products. Intel generates cash and uses whatever resources are available to make profitable products which generate even more cash. Been doing this for years and years.

dmf


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