The rise and fall of Hector's Reich - Page 2

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Easy bro...I wont mention it again. But understand the comparison is not directly about Hitlers morals, but the stratigic descisions of a campiagn that lead to a specific outcome. Just like mishap investigations, people have to put aside emotional influences to get beyond those influences so the truth can be ascertained.

No ones saying Hilter wasnt a dirtbag, but it has little to do with the stratigic decisions of the campaign, unless you go to the next level, or way back to look at his insanity and his zero defects mentality which drove him further into micro-management. And even those may have a bearing on AMD, depending on Hectors and Henris reactions to any enginerring reports of K10 delays/performance issues.

It was a good analogy in terms of strategy, regardless of the underlying morality issues.

This analogy sucks, sorry. But maybe we could fix it a little-

1.- The Russian tank tech was better than German in 1942 (Panzer III-IV didn't have many chances against KVs, but Russian didn't know how to use that edge). And of course, they had to fight vs T-34 and their answer (Panther) was too expensive. The big guys (Tigers, JSs, etc) were defensive tanks, too slow to do much in an offensive.

FIX: Intel had Pentium M, and they didn't use to conquer the desktop-server space. Till now.

2.- More than one front. If it had been just Germany vs Russia, I think Germany would have won (Stalin was nuts from day one and Hitler went (strategically) nuts just in Stalingrad). BUT, as they were fighting in Russia they had to divert troops to Africa and Western Europe. And their factories were crushed by allied bombardments. They were fighting in too many fronts.

FIX: With ATI, AMD has now 2 fronts.

2.- The first problem of the Red Army was Stalin. First he killed most of the officers in the army and in the first year he was the master?mind. And he lost utterly.

FIX: Management issues. that's easy :-D

3.- Lend and lease. USA send lots and lots of supplies, tanks, planes and weapons to Russia. Without them Russia couldn't have resist the first 2 years.

NO FIX possible, so much for the analogy

4.- Mussolini. If Mussolini hadn't attacked Greece, German would have attacked two months earlier and could have seize Moscow before Fall. Those two months made the difference.

FIX: Mmm, lateness. That sure does ring a bell with AMD.

5.- Winter. German troopers didn't have winter equipment. They hoped to with that front before that.

FIX: Confidence... Maybe this is fixable...

Toyota doesn't have to pay $1200/vehicle to health care and other employee benefits.. .more like $200.00... Put $1000/vehicle in research and development or better parts/machinery and you get a lot of better vehicles.

Reich (rīk, rīKH) Pronunciation Key
n. The territory or government of a German state, as the Holy Roman Empire, or First Reich, from 962 to 1806; the German Empire, or Second Reich, from 1871 to 1919; the Weimar Republic, from 1919 to 1933; or the Third Reich, from 1933 to 1945.

From this definition, we can conclude that Hector's Reich basically translates to Hector's Empire. Actually it is kind of appropriate since AMD's production is based pretty much entirely in Germany.

If you haven't read the original post, you should do so. He makes some very good points.

Seriously, unless you have a serial number tatooed on your forearm, I really can't see why you are getting so worked up over this.