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Transmeta Needs Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the interesting-speculation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Faced with dwindling sales, it looks like Transmeta needs Microsoft's new tablet PC to survive." Or, if not Microsoft, some company who can spark the long-overdue tablet-computing revolution.

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  1. Face It by nizcolas · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best tablets, came from Sumeria.

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    1. Re:Face It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      The best tablets, came from Sumeria.


      Man, I am so sick of you pro-Sumerian, anti-Hittite Slashdot bigots.

  2. Re:Ironic, isn't it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Holy crap! If you hadn't pointed that out we never would have realized it.

  3. Hello, I'm Linus Torvalds by jazman_777 · · Score: 4, Funny

    and I pronounce "Microsoft" "Microsoft".

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  4. Transmeta to create "profit morphing" technology by truth_revealed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Transmeta to create "profit morphing" technology to turn an unprofitable business plan into to a profitable one.
    They will roll out newly patented "micro profit opcodes" to soak up Microsoft money at the molecular level.

  5. Re:it reminds me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, we need bigger washers for the larger amount of clothing it takes to cover our fat asses.

  6. Re:Aw man... by Dogtanian · · Score: 2, Funny

    The point isn't to destroy Quicken, the point is to maximize profit. And giving away "Money for nothing" (heh) doesn't maximize profit.

    Does this mean they won't be giving away Chicks For Free either, then?

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  7. Re:Point missed by SteakJerky.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    MS used to be all about operating systems. Then, they starting with general purpose software, then hardware, and now becoming a marketing force. What's next? I can tell you...meat ratings. Instead of USDA Prime in 5 years it will be RibXP.

  8. What about Apple? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Apple always needs new, slow chips for their computers.

    Put the gun down! I was only kidding!

  9. Re:Ironic, isn't it? by The+Dobber · · Score: 3, Funny

    So in the near future we can look forward to Linus holding a presentation with the image of Bill Gates looming behind him, ala Apple.

    Lets call it "Big Brother Part Deux"

  10. Re:Aw man... by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You seem to be under the ludicrous impression that being purchased by Microsoft for outlandish amounts of money is a bad thing...

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  11. Transmeta's problem revealed ... by beer_maker · · Score: 2, Funny
    Transmeta's chief executive, Matthew Perry, is the company's fourth in less than three years.
    Maybe if they had hired an executive, not that guy from "Friends" ...

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  12. Re:Tablet PC's are a way cool tech by soloport · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe MS will sell each one at a loss. Then someone could port Linux to the hardware for, say, US$100,000. Next, we could buy thousands of them and make hundreds Beowulf clusters!

    Microsoft RULES!