> I'll bet it's more nuanced than that. Oh, most certainly it is.
> Intel gets the benefit of public disclosure of a big and costly problem, > BUT, at the 11th hour, the "business realities" of their OEM partners > "forces" them to continue shipping the defective product, but only to select > partners. Would you rather have a "hush-hush" fix? Not I. As for being "forced," I doubt that's the case. Especially since the fixed part is coming out in 2-3 weeks. But, who knows? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:32:04 -0800 Subject: Re: Intel pulls a fast one in Sandy Bridge fiasco | Processors - InfoWorld > I'll bet it's more nuanced than that. > > Intel gets the benefit of public disclosure of a big and costly problem, > BUT, at the 11th hour, the "business realities" of their OEM partners > "forces" them to continue shipping the defective product, but only to select > partners. > > > Now, you have to ask yourself the following: > > -- Are the other partners willing to lose market share by waiting for > properly remediated motherboards before they ship the cool and exciting > product? > -- Will the OEMs label the product accordingly, or physically prevent the > use of the slots in question so there are no customer surprises later on? > -- Just how many motherboards will Intel actually have to recall when all is > said and done? > > > > So much for an almost $billion recall. They have thus far averted a costly > disaster rather nicely. > > > *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... > > * > > > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Matthew W. Ross > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Apparently, this is due to the OEMs wanting to release their products... > > not because Intel didn't want to fix the problem. > > > > The compromise is apparently "We won't use the 3rd through 6th SATA ports, > > or we'll get an additional SATA controller". > > > > *shrug* > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > Ephrata School District > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Andrew S. Baker > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 > > 07:40:42 -0800 > > Subject: Intel pulls a fast one in Sandy Bridge fiasco | > > Processors - InfoWorld > > > > > > > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/processors/intel-pulls-fast-one-in-sandy-bridge-fiasco-784?elq=true#comment-33801 > > > > > > Be careful if you're in the market for a high-end Intel-based > motherboard > > in > > > the near term...*[1]* > > > > > > So much for wondering how they would handle a possible billion dollar > > > recall... > > > > > > > > > > > > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> > > > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > > > * > > > [1] Unless you don't care about SATA-2 any more...* > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
