1st May 1999 Archive

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Internal Compaq memo outlines management re-shuffle

Some will stay and some will go

An internal Compaq memo from Ben Rosen and senior executives to staff has outlined changes happening at the company. It is reproduced in full, below From: Office of the CEO Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 1:42 PM Subject: Organizational Change To: Compaq Team Two weeks into our tenure in the Office of the Chief Executive we are …

Business 1 May 1999, 09:20
Oregon warns public to stay away from Klamath

It poisons the water

Yes we know that Intel code-names its processors after American places. But did you know that Klamath in Lake in Oregon is one of the world's great sources of blue-green algae. And did you also know that in 1996, Oregon's health division warned the public to stay away from Klamath -- because the lake was so polluted with bird …

Business 1 May 1999, 10:46
MPR analyst writes to Register

Letter Memory report not relevant to PCs

Microprocessor Report analyst Peter Glaskowsky sent us this email, which may be useful to readers (see Direct Rambus shows no gains over current memory technology). Glaskowsky writes: "This paper is not relevant to the PC market for the following reasons: 1) The simulated processor is not an x86 processor, and is not …

Business 1 May 1999, 18:23
Chimpzilla attacks Gorillazilla

Sanders outlines chip futures

Official confirmation that Atiq Raza will become the president and chief operating officer of AMD is now on the company's site, in the shape of a press release. We report this as we now seem to have been appointed public relations officer to AMD. (Story AMD spams Mike Magee) And there are also transcripts of Sanders speech to …

Business 1 May 1999, 18:34
Should The Register sue AMD?

US attorney follows the ambulance...

The outraged managing partner of a high powered American Internet law firm has emailed The Register to say that he was absolutely incensed at the shabby treatment we have received at the hands of AMD's European press relations company, PBA, and has offered to look into and prosecute the matter for us without charge. (Story: AMD …

Business 1 May 1999, 18:39