Richard Doherty
Richard Doherty
James Richard Doherty, known as Richard Doherty, is a British military historian and author from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland...
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Real can still be fleet of foot, but Microsoft has to be more cautious because of all of the iterations of software they have to support,
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Microsoft doesn't seem to be that accomplished at spotting threats. The routine of the last few years has been, if a company spots a virus, they let Microsoft know and the company takes its 'own sweet time,' as it's been put to me, in dealing with that.
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Damage to Microsoft and 360 is growing every week with no clear explanation.
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It's a 'technology' we've been invited to see. That could be all kinds of things. But a device that is near to shipping would be surprising. If Microsoft was working with any of the major chip makers on a new device, it would be a long shot that that piece of information would not slip out until the product was almost ready.
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The August 1995 timeline really caps bout 18 months of innovation, when Intel really wanted to put features into the silicon at a faster pace than Microsoft would have the software to deliver it,
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Whether Microsoft launches on November 20 or December 5, we expect they will sell through every unit they can deliver before New Year's.
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We think it's going to be a very strong earnings call, with no heavy expenditures, and we expect earnings and growth to continue with the transition to Intel. We haven't seen any slowdown in sales since the close of the quarter.
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It would be foolish to say these will be the last (companies) we will hear from in the next few weeks.
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is firing a shot across Intel's bow, or maybe below the waterline.
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Folks (at the FCC) are rubbing their hands as to how wild it could go and at the same time popping aspirins as to how disappointing it could be,
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Bill Gates is a very accomplished software architect. A lot of people are cheering them on and a lot of people are very leery.
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Sony has never been good in its thinking about how quality can be diluted. That was their problem with Beta over VHS. VHS wasn't as high-quality as Beta, and they just presumed consumers would go with the best quality. It's the same thing with flat-panel displays.
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Every month this battle wages, more people are getting used to getting video in other ways. That's the real enemy of this indecision.
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This new commitment to the chip will result in more training, for starters.