From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <428CA888.8060704@village.com> Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:54:00 -0400 From: Wes Kussmaul User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] yes, it runs Plan 9, slowly References: <6e35c0620505172153101f0f8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4d4c7c84-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > Generally, vendors like to sell you stuff. Transmeta wants to sell you=20 > stuff but also tie you up in 'code morphing' legalese. It gets old. I=20 > think I see dead people.=20 A couple months ago there was a buzz that Transmeta was giving up on the=20 business model that had them making their own chips and is looking to=20 license Efficeon to someone with more manufacturing competence, even if=20 it doesn't own its own fab. Your experience suggests that they've=20 already turned out the lights. Or it explains how they got into their=20 predicament. --=20 Wes Kussmaul CIO The Village Group 738 Main Street Waltham, MA 02451 781-647-7178 The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments=20 to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s)=20 and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not=20 the intended recipient, please notify attorney Mort Hapless at Vulner,=20 Exposed & Wideopen LLP immediately at either (781) 647-7178, or at=20 ohoh@vulex.com, and destroy all copies of this message and any=20 attachments. No, really. Really. Listen, we mean it! Hey, if you don=92t=20 stop reading that confidential stuff about our client you=92re in big=20 trouble. OK, we=92re the ones in trouble but we=92ll find a way to go aft= er=20 you, or at least we think we may be able to. Look, we=92re begging you.=20 Just click the delete button and move on to a message that concerns you,=20 OK? Please?? We'll buy you lunch... Identity is the Foundation of Security=99. Let The Village Group=20 (village.com) ensure that only intended recipients receive your=20 confidential messages.