Subj : Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
To : Nightfox
From : hollowone
Date : Mon Jun 02 2025 11:30 am
Ni> IBM is still around though, and they've changed their focus a bit. What
Ni> I was saying was it seems Intel is in the midst of changing right now,
Ni> so I feel like it's a bit uncertain how they will fare. Intel's big
Ni> source of revenue has been its processors for so long that if they start
Ni> to fail with that now, it's unknown if Intel will change their focus
Ni> enough to stay in business or if they'll eventually go out of business.
Ni>
Yes, IBM is still around, but instead of being one shop for all things computing, they more act today as Deloitte type of company than what it was before on the way to redefine itself for the future.
Nokia is also here, although it's completely not the same thing. Same with Motorola.
All I'm saying is that I'm not surprised big guys disappear over a year. It had happened and continue happening. It doesn't mean I wish that to Intel. I think it still has this claw, it's just regularly mismanaged to to edge of the risk of having such discussions about potential flop if that continues.
Ni> Honestly I don't really feel much sympathy. To me, they're just another
Ni> company who decided to let me go, and after 8+ years of service. I feel
Ni> little loyalty to any company anymore. I just think it's interesting
Ni> that Intel has been such a big company for so long and now they're
Ni> facing some fairly big challenges.
I hear you. When MSFT ditched me after 8 years of excellent service, first thing i did was purchasing iMac/iPhone and iPad eventually and I don't use Windows on daily basis ever since :)
When I joined Adobe I spotted a fucking Amway terrorizing its staff to sell its commodity software for hectic amounts of money via enterprise deals or you matter none.. :) I cheated some sales in CRM in front of these idiots.. grabbed my annual fat bonus twice and had great time not caring and smiling with hidden middle finger on their annual sales division conferences in Las Vegas in December.. before they figured it out and let me go ;))
I still tend to pirate their software if anyhow curious about their development... paying for that shit has been always a no go :) so many solutions good enough or better in the same categories that don't milk you as they do!
The only passion and sympathy to computing is what you do after hours.. even if one likes what's done at work... it's just work... and we're expendable.
So the companies are... eventually :>
-h1
... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.
