NDA. Rumored release dates. Secret code press releases. Posted screen shots. Denial by officials. And so on. CPUs and motherboards seem to be the worst. Even web sites will do crazy things like post a picture of the back side of a cpu, some trivial BIOS screen, or corner of a motherboard, and then ... nada. OK, so we're supposed to guess. Do we get rebate vouchers if we guess correctly? The worst things are the little rumors that someone talked to someone who said he heard from someone else that some company that "we all know" will release a product before some unknown date in the future. Uh, yeah. Roger that.
I mean, seriously, what is with all the covert spy verus spy stuff for hardware? I can understand it during R&D, but when road maps are published and products have been displayed at shows, it is time to get over it. But instead things are just getting going. At that point it isn't a secret anymore; instead it becomes a mind numbing maze of rumor and inudendo based on secret conversations with secret people, who apparently have head injuries.
Product X will be delayed. Wait, not it won't. Wait, it isn't really delayed, although there will be a delay before it becomes available. And, by the way, we can't tell you anything about product X. Why? Hey, how do you know about product X? If there is a product X, we can't say anything until it is released, which we expect will be Q1 of the year after the year before, give or take 3 human generations. But you will really love product X since it is what we want to sell you. Anyway, we can't say any more because then you would ask about product X rev. 1.0000001. And you didn't hear that from us.
I sometimes feel like I will have to be blindfolded and taken to a secret cave in order to get real information. Is this some kind of industry joke? It's crazy.
I mean, seriously, what is with all the covert spy verus spy stuff for hardware? I can understand it during R&D, but when road maps are published and products have been displayed at shows, it is time to get over it. But instead things are just getting going. At that point it isn't a secret anymore; instead it becomes a mind numbing maze of rumor and inudendo based on secret conversations with secret people, who apparently have head injuries.
Product X will be delayed. Wait, not it won't. Wait, it isn't really delayed, although there will be a delay before it becomes available. And, by the way, we can't tell you anything about product X. Why? Hey, how do you know about product X? If there is a product X, we can't say anything until it is released, which we expect will be Q1 of the year after the year before, give or take 3 human generations. But you will really love product X since it is what we want to sell you. Anyway, we can't say any more because then you would ask about product X rev. 1.0000001. And you didn't hear that from us.
I sometimes feel like I will have to be blindfolded and taken to a secret cave in order to get real information. Is this some kind of industry joke? It's crazy.
