cyrnel

NV is a competitor. Doesn't have the history of SiS or VIA, but chipsets and foundation tech are Intel's turf. They're quite hostile to competitors, and have many roadblocks at their disposal. The shady stuff you hear from various divisions makes it all seem like a big used car lot. Such is monstrous business.

In this case, Intel got their SATA into MS's hardware list early. NV didn't have theirs ready. It's expensive to do, and of less value if you come in late. (Soo many install cd's out there already, etc.) Bundle a floppy and call it good. ShortHorn/vista will surely have some form of NV RAID, about the time we're moving to NV SATA 3G that still needs a floppy.

Hey, is it really 2:30? Argh.

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