#Pentium Jokes
Ana,
In all seriousness, I don't know what the final fallout will be. Intel has
quite a commanding dominance in the marketplace and there are soooooo many
complacement people out there, that it will probably take something alot more
heinous than this little bug to cause real harm.
The true damage seems to be in their initial approach to dealing with the
matter. There was alot of denial, misrepresentations, consumer outcry, etc.
which is what really damages a company. Most of the stock change that you've
witnessed is simply due to the analysts realizing that it will cost money to
refit a large number of computer systems. Hence Gateway and Dell taking a hit
as well.
If you happen to have internet access, check out comp.sys.intel and watch the
catfight. 🙂
Paul