Replies to post #83910 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[smooth2o]

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They've pissed away Billions on a mindless vendetta. Where is a historical equivalent?

It's a good point. You'd have to find another case where egotism has gotten in the way of some sense of decorum in spending massive amounts of other people's money.

Smooth

[j3pflynn]

How like you to overlook the reason it knocked Intel back on its heels. Entry and great success in the server market, dominance in the consumer enthusiast and HPC markets, and temporarily,though fitfully, profits while boosting their capabilities in a field requiring very high fixed costs.

Knocking Intel on its heels was not the main accomplishment, but it was nice to see it happen to a company sucking billions out of customers for only marginal improvements. If it weren't for AMD's competition, you know darn well C2D and C2Q would not exist.

[mas]

What mindless vendetta ? They are just trying to make a living like any other business.