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parislemon:

Alexis Madrigal spoke with outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini about the time Intel talked to Apple about powering the original iPhone:

“We ended up not winning it or passing on it, depending on how you want to view it. And the world would have been a lot different if we’d done it,” Otellini told me in a two-hour conversation during his last month at Intel. “The thing you have to remember is that this was before the iPhone was introduced and no one knew what the iPhone would do… At the end of the day, there was a chip that they were interested in that they wanted to pay a certain price for and not a nickel more and that price was below our forecasted cost. I couldn’t see it. It wasn’t one of these things you can make up on volume. And in hindsight, the forecasted cost was wrong and the volume was 100x what anyone thought.” “My gut told me to say yes,” Otellini added.

First of all, either they passed on it or weren’t offered it — seems like a pretty clear-cut difference to me. Not sure why Otellini is trying to trying to obfuscate that. Actually, I get it — one way you’re arguably incompetent, the other way you’re dumb. Lose/lose. 

His follow-up statements sure makes it sound like Intel passed on it, even though Otellini’s gut told him to say “yes”. Yet another lesson in trusting your gut.

opinears:

Well the Yahoo! buyout scare of last week has turned into the Yahoo! buyout reality of today. We sit in a split decision on the issue here at Opinears, with Aubrey not ready to push the panic button, and me seeing our blogging platform as already half empty. So rather than morning music, I’m…

slartibartfastibast:

The Future of TV with Kevin Smith, Lisa Kudrow, Shira Lazar, Burnie Burns, Tim Jenison & Jay Mewes

Panel discussion about the future of TV featuring Kevin Smith, Lisa Kudrow, Burnie Burns, Jason Mewes and NewTek founder Tim Jenison.

I feel like I can relate to both Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes, but for fundamentally different reasons.

staff:

Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.

Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to…

(via fastcompany)