On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 09:20 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Sun refusing to make noise doesn't help either. Considering that > almost > >every SPARC machine ships with ATI gpus inside, if they really meant > it, > >they would have removed it - and launch a campaign of pulling AMD's > name > >through the mud for poor co-operation with a partner. > > I'm not sure that is still the case; many of the framebuffers are > non-ATI. (We only ever shipped cheap 2D ATI chips, I think)
Actually, you shipped some rebranded 7500 Radeons under another name as well. > >I'm surprised that with how AMD treating Sun, after Sun giving them > >(AMD) a leg up into the server space. A little 'good fellows' meeting > >and making them realise there is a component of them holding their > end > >of the bargin is in order - you scrach my back and I'll scratch > yours. > >Lack of scratching on their part means concrete shoes ;-) > > One should not assume that a merger of two companies leads to all > noses > pointing in one direction and it becoming "one" company. > > Don't expect the willingness to hand out specs (as AMD does for its > CPUs) > and the good working relationship we have with them building servers > and > workstations to have any effect on the ATI part of the company. > > It's like Adobe (née MacroMedia) flashplayer vs Acroread for x86[1]. AMD still owns ATI; if AMD management is so incompetant to be unable to put their foot down and actually establish who is boss, who own's who, then I think they need to give up, go home and take up an interest in knitting. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to cut people slack who get paid $100,000+, if the individuals can't get results they should be fired and someone with backbone put in the job to drive things forward. be an amendment to Matthew
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