China to invest $19B into AMD - no buyout on the cards

Tonester0011 · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:06

humbug said:
Take up a real hobby?

Andy responds with facts, and you tell him to find a real hobby. You make it sound like pulling you up on nonsense is his hobby. Nice, real nice.
Hopefully you don't get too offended and start flagging posts you disagree with as personal insults.

humbug · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:12

Tonester0011 said:
Andy responds with facts, and you tell him to find a real hobby. You make it sound like pulling you up on nonsense is his hobby. Nice, real nice.
Hopefully you don't get too offended and start flagging posts you disagree with as personal insults.

In it he talks about "hiring forum warriors" and not much else, i mean who is that aimed at?
He gets so badly provoked by some people on this forum i'm amazed he hasn't snapped yet.

If he wants a prober response then he's should write posts that aren't attacking people who aren't even involved in the conversation.

andybird123 said:
No revenue?
You do realise that AMD's revenue is actually 20-30% higher that nvidias right?
The difference is that nvidia make a profit and funnel some of that back in to R&D, AMD hire an ever increasing army of forum warriors and PR mouthpieces and wonder why they are consistently in the red

I hope it does go through, ever escalating nvidia prices due to a total lack of meaningful competition is not good for my whingeometer

AMD only have about $2.8bn in assets and no profit, so no way anyone is going to invest $19bn, you could actually buy AMD for $4bn based off their current balance sheet

Tonester0011 · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:36

humbug said:
In it he talks about "hiring forum warriors" and not much else, i mean who is that aimed at?

Oh, i thought you got paid for your posts?
Sorry buddy, hopefully with this company investing they might have the spare change to give you lot

Don't take it out on Andy, just say no to AMD or quit.

Gregster · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:40

Frenzy said:
Can they build their own fab with this?

One like this you mean?

Tonester0011 said:
Oh, i thought you got paid for your posts?
Sorry buddy, hopefully with this company investing they might have the spare change to give you lot

Don't take it out on Andy, just say no to AMD or quit.

humbug · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:42

Tonester0011 said:
Oh, i thought you got paid for your posts?
Sorry buddy, hopefully with this company investing they might have the spare change to give you lot

Don't take it out on Andy, just say no to AMD or quit.

Do you see AMD-Rep under my signature? I'm not the "Forum Warrior" they hired, quite obviously. All my opinions here are my own, i don't get a penny from AMD or anyother Hardware Vendor.

Tonester0011 · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:43

humbug said:
Do you see AMD-Rep under my signature? I'm not the "Forum Warrior" they hired, quite obviously. All my opinions here are my own, i don't get a penny from AMD or anyone.

Usual palm off

Or is it some kind of NDA thing, by telling you get sacked? Or is it for tax purposes? Don't worry, i wont say anything. Good on you, bro.

Geeman1979 · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:44

LOL ^^^

You gotta laugh.

Sin_Chase · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:50

Frenzy said:
Can they build their own fab with this?

Why would they?

I doubt AMD could operate their own fab and become profitable for the small amount of products they sell. There is a reason they got rid of their stake in GlobalFoundries.

humbug · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:51

Tonester0011 said:
Usual palm off
Or is it some kind of NDA thing, by telling you get sacked? Or is it for tax purposes? Don't worry, i wont say anything. Good on you, bro.

You and Andy really are trying to convince people that AMD run around hiring insurgents. Or is it you who are convinced of it?

Tinfoil Hat guy's, get a grip.

Sin_Chase · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:53

humbug said:
You and Andy really are trying to convince people that AMD run around hiring insurgence. Or is it you who are convinced of it

They employed someone from an enthusiast forum because of their love/enthusiasm for the brand.

Enough said?

Gregster · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:54

humbug said:
Do you see AMD-Rep under my signature? I'm not the "Forum Warrior" they hired, quite obviously. All my opinions here are my own, i don't get a penny from AMD or anyother Hardware Vendor.

A clever ploy to keep you in all threads? With great power comes great responsibility and you couldn't join in the other threads. I think you are AMD's secret weapon in the fight against anything anti-AMD

humbug · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:54

Sin_Chase said:
They employed someone from an enthusiast forum because of their love/enthusiasm for the brand.

Enough said?

Not a bad thing is it.

Tonester0011 · 10 Feb 2015 at 18:59

humbug said:
You and Andy really are trying to convince people that AMD run around hiring insurgents. Or is it you who are convinced of it?

Tinfoil Hat guy's, get a grip.

You seem so against the idea, it's like....it's like you know something we don't!
I still can't believe you don't get paid.

humbug · 10 Feb 2015 at 19:00

Tonester0011 said:
You seem so against the idea, it's like....it's like you know something we don't!
I still can't believe you don't get paid.

I don't, do you?

Sin_Chase · 10 Feb 2015 at 19:01

humbug said:
Not a bad thing is it.

I never suggested it was. Draw whatever conclusion you want from that sort of recruitment.

Personally, AMD payroll or not - I'll never take information posted from such an employee at face value. Had an agenda before and is paid to have an agenda now. Why would I trust that?

humbug · 10 Feb 2015 at 19:06

Sin_Chase said:
I never suggested it was. Draw whatever conclusion you want from that sort of recruitment.

He knows his stuff, he's very level headed, he's very helpful.

If i was to hire someone to represent me and my product i would look in a place where said product is a topic of discussion and the person i would hire is exactly the person Matt is.

AMD have been clever, not just for themselves but also their user base around here.

As i said, it's not a bad thing.

The last person i would hire is someone unknown to the community, a desk-joky who learnt his trade behind that desk in PR school.

Tonester0011 · 10 Feb 2015 at 19:06

humbug said:
I don't, do you?

You should speak to David, he's the head of Forum Warriors. He'll sort you out with a pay per post (PPP) within the week. Tell him i sent you, i get a cheeky bonus then, could do with the extra as my PPP for saying good things about AMD and bad about Nvidia is on the low side tbh.

As for you question, yes...of course. What kind of mug do you take me for.

Gregster · 10 Feb 2015 at 19:10

humbug said:
He knows his stuff, he's very level headed, he's very helpful.

If i was to hire someone to represent me and my product i would look in a place where said product is a topic of discussion and the person i would hire is exactly the person Matt is.

AMD have been clever, not just for themselves but also their user base around here.

As i said, it's not a bad thing.

See, this is why I think you are paid by AMD. They are not doing so well in the financials but you vehemently defend them and claim them as "Clever". Nobody can be that blind to where AMD are surely?

humbug · 10 Feb 2015 at 19:14

Gregster said:
See, this is why I think you are paid by AMD. They are not doing so well in the financials but you vehemently defend them and claim them as "Clever". Nobody can be that blind to where AMD are surely?

If only you could see yourself looking in from the outside right now, really. This is nuts.

Tonester0011 · 10 Feb 2015 at 19:15

humbug said:
If only you could see yourself looking in from the outside right now, really. This is nuts.

Lol, posts like this make me chuckle.
Do you not even get the tiniest bit of irony from posting this stuff?

Edit: Seriously, speak to David. He'll sort you out with much needed PPP. With posts like yours you'll be rolling in it within a month.