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Interesting, and a little surprising for Intel.
When one sees this, it is hard not to wonder about Microsoft's motivation. Microsoft has never cared about quality, or what is better for consumers, but merely what is in their best interest of making money (which is contemptible, but understandable since they are in the business to make money). Seems like they would like to hurt their competitor Sony by backing a rival format. If Blu-Ray becomes the next Beta, it greatly benefits Microsoft's X-Box and greatly hurts the PlayStation. Matsushita is probably just taking collateral damage, as I do not see them as competitors to Microsoft in any substantial way.
For Intel, I think it is more questinable a decision. After all, their best girl (Dell) is backing Blu-Ray. Seems strange to me to sleep with a whore like Microsoft when you have a very appealing and faithful companion like Dell. Sure, Dell flirts a little, but at the end of the day they never leave Intel's side. Why would Intel antagonize Dell, even moderately, and back a sleazy company like Microsoft that will never be a faithful ally? Seems so very odd to me. Then again, maybe because of the old X-Box thing - they are supplying processors for it and feel obligated to help Microsoft in their campaign against Sony. Still, my guess is they catch some sort of disease from their romance with Microsoft, and the sort of disease that can not be cured with a shot of penicillin. They are despicable and inconstant. They should have shown more loyalty to Dell. As long as Dell is Intel only, AMD is not going to gain market share. If that ever changes, I would hate to own Intel stock.
When one sees this, it is hard not to wonder about Microsoft's motivation. Microsoft has never cared about quality, or what is better for consumers, but merely what is in their best interest of making money (which is contemptible, but understandable since they are in the business to make money). Seems like they would like to hurt their competitor Sony by backing a rival format. If Blu-Ray becomes the next Beta, it greatly benefits Microsoft's X-Box and greatly hurts the PlayStation. Matsushita is probably just taking collateral damage, as I do not see them as competitors to Microsoft in any substantial way.
For Intel, I think it is more questinable a decision. After all, their best girl (Dell) is backing Blu-Ray. Seems strange to me to sleep with a whore like Microsoft when you have a very appealing and faithful companion like Dell. Sure, Dell flirts a little, but at the end of the day they never leave Intel's side. Why would Intel antagonize Dell, even moderately, and back a sleazy company like Microsoft that will never be a faithful ally? Seems so very odd to me. Then again, maybe because of the old X-Box thing - they are supplying processors for it and feel obligated to help Microsoft in their campaign against Sony. Still, my guess is they catch some sort of disease from their romance with Microsoft, and the sort of disease that can not be cured with a shot of penicillin. They are despicable and inconstant. They should have shown more loyalty to Dell. As long as Dell is Intel only, AMD is not going to gain market share. If that ever changes, I would hate to own Intel stock.
[Posted by: TA152H | Date: 09/28/05 06:51:19 PM]
