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To: Estephen who wrote (70912)	4/25/2001 2:22:52 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 93625

You're seriously reaching, Estephen, if that's the best you can come up with for good news on Rambus. That wouldn't be straight out of Fred Hager, would it?

To: Estephen who wrote (70912)	4/25/2001 2:34:29 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Estephen, He went on to earn Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering in four years from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology with <perfect 5.0 grade point average (MIT's highest grade is a 5.0, as opposed to 4.0 like most schools.) He doesn't sound like anyone I hung out with <G>. Dave

To: Estephen who wrote (70912)	4/25/2001 6:21:11 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 93625

"These guys came up with the memory basics from DEAD RECKONING. It's humorous to me when I think of a standards committee trying to do this. If it ever got done it would take 50 years." The biographies of Farmwald and Horowitz are indeed impressive. However, you are wrong when thinking that any two, even brilliant, academicians may ahieve anything close to an industiry research lab with many dozens of equally bright men, billions in budget, and fab capabilities, and years of manufacturing experience. Funny, the history already proved me correct - the original Farmvald/Horowitz 1990 proposal, Rambus-1, was a dud.

To: Estephen who wrote (70912)	4/25/2001 6:44:37 PM
From: SBHX	Respond to of 93625

You misunderstand what the purpose of standards committees on the PC space is for. At the very least, many standards committees are not necessarly interested in the most funky cutting edge technology. ISO chose DCTs and MPEG1&2 even though wavelets could be more efficient. IEEE chose 802.11a/b for wireless LANs even if there were tweaks that could squeeze a few more bit out of the same bands. And occasionally these standards bodies get blindsided by punitive royalties that will eventually cause a 'standard' to be abandoned. GIF-LZW and mpeg1-layer3 (mp3) are probably two of the most famous recent examples where punitive royalties will (eventually) cause gradual shifts to other less expensive alternatives. jmho.

To: Estephen who wrote (70912)	4/26/2001 1:05:00 AM
From: NightOwl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Well, that pretty much clinches it. Bilow is dead, dead, dead. ...May he rest in peace. He is definitely NOT out there "lurking" while building up an arsenal for a surprise attack, as I had hoped. No way, no how could he pass this up without "comment." Heck we wouldn't need this BB to get it. ...An open window would do.<vbg> I suggest we have an hour of virtual "silence" to mark the passing of a true legend in his own time.... 0\|0