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: Ali Chen who wrote (37224)	10/22/1997 8:54:00 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 186894

Dear Mr. Chen, >>>There is no man on this earth with even a little background in CS who can endorse the 4/8/16/32/.. Intel architecture as the way of their life in computing! Every sober-minded man would only accept the reality of Intel computing as a sad legacy disaster. Even Intel itself started to realize that and surrendered to Hewlett-Packard computing expertise. Even the main criminal in this situation - Microsoft - has already escaped this legacy obsession and provides platform-independent code for several processor architectures.<<< I'm sorry to butt in like this in a middle of complex discussion, but I don't think you really get the big picture. Intel, Microsoft, and for my generation, IBM are the clear winners. They are the movers and shakers. They don't complain and they don't have to explain. They let the bottom line speak for itself. For years I complained about the inferior line of products that IBM came up with. It was never very innovative and never clearly the best. Someone else alway did it better whether it is Digital (minis), Wang (wp), Software AG (DBMS), et al. But where are these other guys now. The point is, each of us as individuals, are quite helpless in making a big difference in the way you suggest. However, if we handle life properly, we can make a significant difference in some small way - or wait quietly (and not making a fool of ourselves) and prepare for that time when can get on a larger platform, and make the big play. Of course, if we really don't have confidence in ourselves, and think of ourselves as losers that will never get the chance to do anything significant, we will continue in our losing behavior. Regards, Mary Cluney