____/ Jerry McBride on Friday 11 January 2008 02:20 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft Looks Within to Design and Test Chips
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>> | For more than two decades, Microsoft's software and
>> | Intel's processors were so wedded that the pairingc
>> | ame to be known as Wintel. But as that computing era
>> | wanes, Microsoft is turning to a new source of chip
>> | design: its own labs.
>> `----
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/technology/19soft.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
> http://tinyurl.com/ydtq7k
>
> Can you imagine the trash they would design, make and sell?? That is a WOW
> factor...
Yesterday:
Gates grumbles about Vista
"The implication is fairly obvious. Bill thinks that Vista could have had more
polish when it hit the shops."
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/10/gates-unhappy-vista
Imagine 'lack of polish' on a motherboard. Oops... that was a 1, not a 0. Never
mind, just reboot again and the problem will go away. Failing
that, 'reinstall' the ROM.
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