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I thought... #

By Robert Ramsay Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 09:25 GMT

the reason they were famous was that Linus Torvalds was working for them at the start...

After remembering the hype surrounding their launch... #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 09:40 GMT

Does this mean their chips weren't a secret plot to release technology captured at Roswell to the general public and kick off the 21st century after all?

Mispossessed #

By Nano nano Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 09:59 GMT

"Chip's are down" - do I detect an apostrophe infraction - and after all we said on that subject the other week - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/11/apostrophe_abuse/ !!

"chip's" #

By Mr Chris Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 10:03 GMT

Ohheavens.

Errr.... #

By Chris Long Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 10:09 GMT

Your apostrophes are showing.

...but why did it fail? #

By Destroy All Monsters Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 10:34 GMT

"The firm was a poster child for the first bubble - raising millions in venture capital and getting acres of media coverage - on the strength of a promised new market which took rather longer to arrive than predicted."

Well, Transmeta made a stab at the low-power CPU market but lost. It's called capitalism, no harm done. On the other hand, it's still worth millions, so it's unlike a classical bubble monster, really.