> However my point is this: there are very few companies out that that tries something truly new, and when one does and fail in the market there too much "told

> However my point is this: there are very few companies out that that tries something truly new, and when one does and fail in the market there too much "told you so" going around. Absolutely agreed. And from what I hear, the spirit of Transmeta ended up in a lot of other places (either via cleanroom design of similar tech, personnel working on similar projects, or inspiration). People are also starting to wake up to the just how underhanded and illegal technology companies will behave to squash their competitors, whereas I think the 00s still had rose tinted glasses about the best technical product winning.