[H] was such a foreseeable debacle, I'm honestly surprised that AMD even let them have the CPU! This is what happens when you have beheaded companies making decisions! No accountability to the top exec and people start doing stupid things. [H] has caused damage to AMD. Maybe only from a handful of various forum enthusiasts, but damage nonetheless.
Um, what about [H] harmed AMD?
I think that threads like this serve a purpose. We know that various execs from both AMD and Intel read these comments (or at least some of them).
So it's a way for enthusiasts to express their serious frustration at what seem to be AMD's ham handed inability to get BD to perform at an "expected" level and Intel from sitting on its monopolistic laurels and pushing back Moore's Law. CPU development doesn't just benefit powerusers, it boosts all of computing and its applications which are spread throughout every facet of science, research, engineering, etc.
Monopolies are BAD. AMD seems to be well on the way to guaranteeing us an effective monopoly if one does not exist already. Sure, AMD can launch a killer BD with phenomenal power and speed... it can still happen, although I realistically have to say that it's continuing to get more unlikely by the day!