Word: winteler
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Trade Commission launched a second probe of Intel this fall. Though the firm has escaped with a clean bill of health in the past, its dominant market share may look like a fat bull's-eye to trustbusters. Intel's close relationship with Microsoft--tech insiders refer to a WinTel duopoly--does seem to make competition more difficult. Grove, for one, isn't slowing any plans because of the government. "We're very careful," he says, "and clean...
...Economy is finally here - and to celebrate the digitally-inspired boom, TIME magazine has made Intel boss Andy Grove its 1997 man of the year. But while the California chip-makers are popping champagne corks, the Windows part of the "Wintel" axis has spent the week shrouded in gloom. The Justice Department has sunk its teeth into Microsoft, and neither Janet Reno nor Joel Klein seem inclined...
...Oracle, IBM and other companies know something we don't? I doubt it. These companies have made it their goal to break the so-called "Wintel" dominance over the computer market (the large number of users using Microsoft products on Intel-based machines). While this announcement certainly raises the question over the future effectiveness of the personal computer model, realistically, Ellison and his peers are spewing hype rather than predicting the future...