Larrabee might be a disaster, but sometimes it takes a while to get things going. What other market was Intel chasing that would have yielded a large new marke

Larrabee might be a disaster, but sometimes it takes a while to get things going. What other market was Intel chasing that would have yielded a large new market? Oh right, Mobile CPUs. I mean besides that? An actually well-done Linux distro that helped showcase Intel's hardware without waiting for Windows to release 9x+1. Ok, besides that? Good laptop hardware. Ok Ok Ok. But it still stands, even if 1.0 and 2.0 are a disaster, iterate and work on it. The big problem is that Intel is a quarterly earnings focused company. Well, and even if Gelsinger is good, the middle management is pretty clearly totally dead sea. If middle management is bad, they can't attract talent, and can't retain talent, and can't support talent. Without talent, no vision or execution. Intel doesn't value intellectual labor. It's the bottom line with the company. An arrogant technically competent leader is still better than the alternatives. That said I have no direct or even indirect interaction with Gelsinger. All my strong opinions are derived from 30 years of being in software and PCs.