nVidia/AMD Merger Announced

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday April 1, 2002 @06:35AM from the good-for-both-parties dept.

zombieking noted that AMD is merging with nVidia. The new company will be called AmVidia, and will be using non-MS operating systems exclusively to get around the problems they've been having with getting support from tier one OEMs.

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So does this mean.... by wholesomegrits · 2002-04-01 06:37 · Score: 5, Funny

That we'll see new processors and chipsets that run even hotter and hotter, constantly under litigation, and have stability issues? I can't wait.

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This is wonderful! by i_am_nitrogen · 2002-04-01 06:41 · Score: 5, Funny

In related news, Debian and RedHat are getting along and producing a joint product called Red Planut Linux, Linus Torvalds won the lottery and donated 80% to the EFF and FSF, and Bill Gates' second and third personal jets collided into each other in a fatal accident.

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Re:ENOUGH APRIL FOOL'S ALREADY! by freeweed · 2002-04-01 06:42 · Score: 5, Informative

How many April Fools stories do we need? Besides it's past noon here!

You do of course realize that April Fool's day is precisely that... a DAY. The whole "it ends at noon" thing was just invented by teachers who were sick of losing an entire day of school due to pranks.

Along similar lines is "Halloween ends at 8pm (or any time really)" started by a lot of small towns, to keep kids from wandering the streets all night.

And no, this post ISN'T an April Fool's post.

And yes, I don't think it's quite necessary to spend a whole day posting nonsense. The entire point of an April Fool's is that you can't automatically spot it.

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It happens every year. by foo+fighter · 2002-04-01 06:47 · Score: 5, Funny

I finally get some moderator points, but it's on April 1. Damn it!

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Re:April fools by Hater's+Leaving,+The · 2002-04-01 06:47 · Score: 5, Funny

If they couldn't be clever, they could at least have been crude. Why couldn't it have been a merger between VAlinux, Gigabyte, nVidia and AMD.

Now that's a system I'd buy...

THL.

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Re:ENOUGH APRIL FOOL'S ALREADY! by Damek · 2002-04-01 07:06 · Score: 5, Insightful

That's "+5 Informative" ??! No it's not!

If that's +5 Informative, then this is +5 Insightful! :P
Re:ENOUGH APRIL FOOL'S ALREADY! by RatOmeter · 2002-04-01 07:17 · Score: 5, Insightful

I think the moderators are April fooling around also.

While yer fiddlin' n foolin', mod my post +1 Insightful! [or not]
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A lot of you are a bunch of WEENIES by NanoGator · 2002-04-01 07:17 · Score: 5, Insightful

"Oh I can't stand April Fool's Day, boo hoo!"

Oh get over it dudes. It's all in fun. Just enjoy it! Seriously. Besides, if any real news did break today, how many of you'd say "oh it's just an April Fool's Joke."

I can't believe how many whiners we have today. Never mind that somebody's trying to mae you laugh. Oohh no. No you'd prefer hearing about technology that won't affect us for years, anything that's anti-MS, and how Linux makes some minor improvement that should really have happened years ago.

Give me a break. "I'm going to whine about April Fools." Weenie.

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Re:April fools by GTRacer · 2002-04-01 07:18 · Score: 5, Funny

...If you have to pay for access to VAGinAs then you're doing something wrong, dude!
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