[Am-info] Snipped from "The Chip Outsider" written by Dan Hutcheson, VLSI Research.

[Sujal Shah]

On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 14:27, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
> My God, they're getting desparate!
> 
> X-Box is a big dud,  XP is a big dud.  I think they're losing lots of money,
> that's wht they're going after the chip makers.
> 

I don't know if I'd consider the X-Box a dud yet.  My girlfriend just
bought one... she already owns a PS2, as do I (don't ask).  it's a nice
console, and ahead of the Sony in a number of respects (as you'd expect
for a product released a year after it's main competitor).

The reason I point out that I don't believe it's a dud is because the
games are coming for it.  The reason my girlfriend caved is because she
kept hearing about Halo and a couple of other games from coworkers and
friends.  Eventually, peer pressure won over boyfriend anti-pressure. 

My point is just that it's too early to declare the X-Box a dud.  Sony
really didn't take off until 6 months after its release, once
manufacturing and game availability improved.

Sujal

> Thank heaven I don't use any Microsoft shit.  They'd be trying to get bucks
> from me too.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> "Fred A. Miller" wrote:
> 
> > Snipped from "The Chip Outsider" written by Dan Hutcheson, VLSI Research.
> >
> > Microsoft has issued a class suit, going after the chip and equipment
> > industry for violating licenses on its XP software.  The suit argues that
> > since Microsoft software is used in all chip equipment and that wafer
> > production is a for-profit use that an additional license fee for each
> > wafer
> > processed should be paid.  Chipmakers are incensed at the license tax of $1
> > per wafer pass, which would amount to roughly 10% of all processing costs.
> >
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