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AMD Cuts Personal Internet Communicator
DaGiants writes "AMD has killed the Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), one of the first major efforts at designing ultra low-cost PCs for the third world. Ars Technica reports that AMD decided to pull the plug, taking a loss on the project. AMD can't be too disappointed though, as the OLPC uses AMD's Geode x86 processor, and delivers a lot more for much less. While OLPC gets most of the attention these days, AMD's role in spurring interest in low-cost PCs for developing nations can't be overlooked."
Yoohoo We got rid of a loss making project. Next quarters profit sharing is going to be sweet.
**Life is too short to be serious**
AMD's role in spurring interest in low-cost PCs for developing nations can't be overlooked."
I'm overlooking it right now, buddy!
Luxury. I once posted to slashdot using a 386-based PC I built from parts that were left for trash pickup and an acoustically coupled modem dial up connection.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
You had acoustic couplers? We had to print out the info and whistle it into the phone. Kids these days...
Man, that whistle beats having to send the print via pigeon. You must have had some low ping times with that.
I have nothing to say.
THAT'S NOTHING, you pansy. In my family, the six of us are locked in the trunk of the '73 Lincoln Continental (on blocks) and our only computer is a TRS-80 that our father beats us over the head with before we are allowed to swim across the alligator pond to use the computer and the 300 baud modem to post our mindless rubbish to Slashdot. We have to power the computer by pedalling a bicycle with a dynamo and if any of us makes a spelling mistake, Dad, a fervent Slashdot Grammar Nazi, beats us all over the head with the Lisa (he likes the heft) and the external diskette drive and then we are all denied our allowance of brackish water for a week.
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
Maybe if they change the name to Personal Internet Exlorer then more third world countries will invest in them.
They all want more PIEs
This is a guy born in Mexico who travelled across the border everyday to attend high school in Texas
.unlike the slashdot script kiddies who took a 6 week course during the boom. . .
Well shit, anybody can succeed that way. I crossed the border from Texas into Mexico to be a dropout.
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Hey, I took a real course - 8 weeks.
When you do something with your life other than bitching than you can make fun of him
I piss and moan too.
KFG
Pigeons? People theses days don't know they're born. Back in the day we were still waiting for pigeons to evolve. We had an archaeopteryx and I can tell you... we were grateful for it.