Replies to post #38235 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[CombJelly]

"That's a fine way to court a major account."

It should work just as well as anything else. Micky D has gone on record calling AMD's technology unreliable and other things. Making nice with Dell clearly doesn't work, this statement probably won't do any worse...

And besides, HP was probably happy to see that statement.

[jhalada]

chipguy,

That's a fine way to court a major account.

If courting a major account is in any way similar to courting an opposite sex, it may not be a bad strategy, given that everything else failed.

Joe

[j3pflynn]

chipguy - Perhaps he's come to the conclusion it's business they can do without on the terms that Dell would require of AMD. A smart businessman knows which deals to pass on as well as which to jump through hoops for.
Paul

[bobs10]

You...
" Wouldn’t say Ruiz is completely immune to this
affliction."

Me...
It's no worse than the things Micky has said about AMD. I'm thinking about his statement about the maturity of AMD processors (bull shit), and the way Dell has played the AMD trump card to get lower prices from INTC.

I think DELL realizes that the one supplier model that was so successful for so long will not work so well in the future, hence the moves to copy the GTW model of selling home entertainment stuff etc.

Actually, I think that's the way to go as future entertainment is going to require more and more smarts, but staying INTC only is ridiculous.