Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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you...

And what makes you think he's wrong? Sure, the industry is enabling the $100 laptop, which is doing its job of enhancing the hype, but the broad market of end-users has not yet spoken. It's a pretty low end configuration that's operated by a hand crank. I'm not certain that's "good enough" for people to use as a computer.

me...

Besides the fact that INTC probably can't make money on the chip at the price it will be sold for and AMD can, there's the matter of 50/15 and the way it paints AMD as wearing the white hat. Comments like Barrett's are seen by everyone, not affiliated with INTC, as being sour grapes and this just hurts INTC's image. There's that tone in the statement that INTC knows what is best and anything else is just crap that turns people off. I think lots of people, besides me, are getting tired of this same old refrain.

Personally I like Hector's attitude of doing well by doing good. This project has all sorts of benefits in the public opinion area that will reap rewards later. Given that a large part of current growth is coming from developing countries and AMD is behind INTC in market penetration getting AMD into the limelight can only be helpful. Even revenue neutral would make the project worth it, and AMD will make money, Hector has said so.