Replies to post #32426 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[Elmer Phud]

I take it you never sat in a meeting trying to defend your product design decisions with Grove at the other end of the table.

Well I haven't but they are legend. I can only assume that the technical and process people were well aware of the risks and although I don't know, I assume they objected otherwise I can't understand how they could have been that wrong. The marketing people pushed "MHz Sells!" and Grove made the call. That's why Intel has been in a tailspin for the last few years. That decision. Netburst was the wrong choice and he had to approve it. The Captain is responsible for whatever happens on his ship and so's the CEO. What all this means is that it wasn't Barrett's fault, it was handed to him.

[wbmw]

Re: I take it you never sat in a meeting trying to defend your product design decisions with Grove at the other end of the table.

No, but I'm sure no one at all defended their product designs with Barrett or Otellini at the other end of the table. Barrett is a manufacturing guy, and Otellini is a finance guy. They have no business arguing with design guys about how to design a microprocessor.

[smooth2o]

re: ...with Grove at the other end of the table.

I did. I told them that Blue Boxes would never make it over IBM PC's. Almost got fired. Then got a lot of respect years later.

Smooth