User: BobWeiner

3DFX and Real3D

On: The Last Days at 3dfx

I used to work at a company called Real3D. The company was thoroughly mismanaged -- despite having an excellent engineering group. It's a similar tale to 3DFX, only R3D never quite penetrated the market. Eventually the company folded, all the engineers were laid off, and most of them have gone to work for ATI. Whatever was left of R3D was eventually consumed by Intel.

I remember walking by the manager of engineering 's office -- he was busy day-trading stocks all day. Our marketing department kept trying to add new features to our board (feature-creep-itis), trying to scramble to catch up to the competition. The introduction of new features really pushed back our schedules in a big way.

Poor management and poor marketing are what really killed R3D.

Re:Frist Prost

On: PowerPC Goes 64 bit

ok - you got me. :)

Kudos!

-Bob

Re:Frist Prost

On: PowerPC Goes 64 bit

You spelled it wrong, so it doesn't count.

Bob

Re:Reflections of a Transgendered Cow

On: 80% Of Incoming E-mail At Hotmail Is Spam

udderly ridiculous. Your point being?

The MacOS is dead...Long Live the MacOS

On: Apple Drops Mac OS 9

Well, I can't say that I am going to shed a tear and lament the passing of MacOS 9. It was good for its day, but MacOS X is here to stay.

Bob

Re:I used to work in Akihabara....

On: Where Old Macs Go To Thrive

This was really cool! thanks for sharing your story, KH! Do the Japanese also collect the Apple II as fondly? Or is it primarily the Macintosh?

Bob

This guy's a nerd...

On: Iris Indigo Case Mod

but hey, so am i...

I used to play with Indigo's in college - used Open Inventor...ahh those were the days!

Bob

Re:Big Deal!

On: Amiga Growing Silent Again?

Competition is always a good thing. Besides,
it's always great to root for the underdog,
even if he's a "carcass", isn't it?

Bob