Re:What happened to Transmeta, the last big dotcom IPO
by bsder on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @05:56PM
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> It was wrong, but it was controversial among experts at the time.
Only for those who fail to study history--which means quite a few people.
Fox example, when Intel announced Itanium, the DEC architects (and IBM, I heard later) cheered. They knew Intel was about to dump a ton of money chasing a White Elephant.
Alas, they underestimated the business side and the fact that Itanium, while being a technical disaster, was basically a business success and scared everybody out of the microprocessor business except for IBM.
Only for those who fail to study history--which means quite a few people.
Fox example, when Intel announced Itanium, the DEC architects (and IBM, I heard later) cheered. They knew Intel was about to dump a ton of money chasing a White Elephant.
Alas, they underestimated the business side and the fact that Itanium, while being a technical disaster, was basically a business success and scared everybody out of the microprocessor business except for IBM.