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Re:Microsoft says security fixes will noticeably slow older PCs by Someone1234 on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @09:35PM (#16112141)
This has absolutely destroyed Intel's reputation and handed a massive PR win to their competitors (including AMD). Hard to imagine any normal company cutting out their own feet so willingly, this will cost Intel a lot more than it will make them in short term revenue.
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Re:Microsoft says security fixes will noticeably slow older PCs by throwawayfinal on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @09:54PM (#16112227)
I'm not sure how they could have come out of this cleanly other than waving a wand and not having it happen? They pretty clearly owned up.
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Re:Microsoft says security fixes will noticeably slow older PCs by lovich on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:02AM (#16112679)
They sat on it for over quarter and gave no indication that any sort of trouble was coming up. The CEO even sold stock and made a profit after being made aware of the issue, but before having the issue be announced publicly. I would not classify that as clearly owning up
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Re:Microsoft says security fixes will noticeably slow older PCs by thisacctforreal on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @10:19PM (#16112335)
Did we see the same PR announcement?

It was misleading in multiple ways.

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Re:Microsoft says security fixes will noticeably slow older PCs by QAPereo on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @10:59PM (#16112452)
Really? I thought they were still denying that this is a flaw, and not, “working as intended.”
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