After many ramblings in the Circus Maximus blog by Sharikou whereby he asserted that Intel would go bankrupt in 2Q08, today we are greeted with the following statement in this latest Circus Maximus post, where he writes
But by 2009, Intel will have BKed, and won't be able to pay the
anti-trust penalties.
Come again? 2009? Whatever came over Sharikou to grant Intel such an extensive reprieve from bankruptcy at this time?
How could we go from such memorable statements like below (thanks to Intel Fanboi)...:
Dell was excited, I heard, he is going to switch to near 100% AMD by 1Q08, just one quarter ahead of Intel's projected BK
I re-iterate my projection that Intel BK by 2Q08.
Intel BK by 2Q08, that what I said in 2006, and that is what will happen in 2Q08.
As I predicted long ago, AMD should exit 2006 with 40% market share (run rate). Intel's BK by 2Q08 is pretty much in the bag.
...to a CY2009 pushback? Hell! What about the friggin' calendar quarter, eh? Sharikou, are you losing your touch?
We could speculate what brought forth a change in Sharikou's doomquarter, umm, doomyear projections...
- Did a bowling ball or some other similarly amassed object land on his head?
- Did he finally get the right meds to stabilize his condition?
- Did he suddenly learn how to find and read SEC filings?
- ?
Sadly, we may never know the answer to the question.
Perhaps it's a Freudian slip
Maybe 2009 is the year a company "BK"s alright.
But not Intel.
