[rescue] Perverse Question

[Jeffrey Nonken]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:47:12 -0400, Phil Stracchino <alaric at caerllewys.net>
wrote:

> Well, a cynical person [insert innocent look here] might speculate that
> Intel releases faster processors to enable Microsoft to write more
> bloated code, and Microsoft releases ever-more-bloated code that
> requires ever-more-copious amounts of RAM to make sure people keep
> buying ever-faster Intel processors ....

Oddly enough, I was holding forth on that very concept recently.

Especially since Intel and AMD seem to be in bed with Microsoft on this
Palladium idea.

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