> >http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> >Monday, September 20, 1999 - 08:53 CDT
> >Possible Delay For Voodoo4 Made Public
> Well, DAMN! that was on my Santa list.
> >http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> >Monday, September 20, 1999 - 08:53 CDT
> >Possible Delay For Voodoo4 Made Public
> Well, DAMN! that was on my Santa list.
FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt)
Probably the green kind. They haven't been doing to well lately...
This gives the GeeForce a head start now.
-Larry
> >Potentially disappointing news has emerged from the 3dfx camp that
> >tells of a possible delay in the release of the company's next
> >graphics accelerator. Currently slated for a Quarter 4 1999 release,
> >the card, affectionately called Voodoo4 but code-named Napalm, could
> >be delayed into 2000 due to technical challenges that postponed it
> >reaching manufacturing on schedule.
> Sounds like a variation of a simple old IBM tactic of FUD. Announce
> the new product to freeze people from looking at something else and
> then, oh by the way, we don't know now when we wil release it.
> FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt)