Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

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 : Intel Corporation (INTC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AK2004 who wrote (147270)	11/9/2001 2:04:36 PM
From: Gary Kao	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

The analogy b/t AMD and the Soviet space program is actually apt on several levels. It is true that quite often the Soviet technology was quite good (e.g. Proton rockets), but shortcuts were often taken and systematic protections primitive. The result was that when things went wrong, it was often catastrophic, taking many lives. Kinda like when the heatsink is bumped, causing an Athlon to burn up in an eyeblink <friendly g>. p.s. another example: Kursk disaster Gary