http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/ Engadget Comments for AMD denies layoffs taking place, wants kids off lawn http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/Mar 20th 2008 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/Mar 20th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/Mar 21st 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/
I mean, from the perspective of the corporation and its shareholders. Bad times all around for the poor saps who are newly out of a job. ]]>Mar 20th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/
I've been supporting them for 10+ years. Quit sticking your noses in their business.]]>Mar 20th 2008 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/
But otherwise, AMD and Intel are made for each other, AMD needs that David-Goliath fight, the plucky underdog, Intel needs AMD to keep antitrust away, sometimes AMD surprises them, keeping them on toe, both can't live without each other. ]]>Mar 20th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/
My comments were purely in a general sense: downsizing could mean a given company is preparing to grow, or it could mean that they've fallen on hard times. The fact that layoffs are occurring is not itself a metric of a company's success or a predictor of its imminent demise (as the tone of this article implied).]]>Mar 20th 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/
Just wanted to add - It could also mean more robots ;-)]]>Mar 20th 2008 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/
Oh well, there are always other jobs for aspiring CPU designers, right? Lets hope Intel, IBM, VIA, NVIDIA, Freescale, etc aren't facing similar problems.]]>Mar 21st 2008 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/Mar 21st 2008 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/20/amd-denies-layoffs-taking-place-wants-kids-off-lawn/Mar 21st 2008 11:08AM