#Pentium Jokes
Yep. But what you say about the "denials, misrepresentation, etc." is
what I was talking about. My point is that people could start to make
wrong conclusions about this stuff, which is really not dangerous for
99% of users of Intel systems. Hence, there could be a shift in
consumer perceptions, not because the bug itself but because all the
exagerations, confussion and other side effects of the media
coverage. I don't think MIS are going to panic because they are
pretty aware of what the bug is and all. Home consumers are other
story, because even if they realize that it doesn't affect them, they
could start questioning the reliability of a company that release a
entire chip family with a bug, no matter what impact the bug could
have in real world apps. So IMHO, it is not a matter of real damage
but how consumer behaviour will be affected after this kind of
information has been made public. And with the sustained rate of
expansion of the home computing market, this is sure nothing to laugh
about.
Let's see how December sales go for Intel based computers.
I don't have Internet access but I am thinking about getting it just
for getting the jokes and listen to the sound of war <g>