digitalwanderer
03-12-2006, 04:27 PM
Ok, this one is killing me...I'm trying to get the full story out of Rys right now, but for now go read his excellent write-up of the excitement last night around CeBit in his new piece up today entitled "Hostility between ATi and NVIDIA staff starts to become physical" (http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4963):
The scene seems to have been set when one one senior ATi mischief maker (who, like one of its previous marketing directors the night before), probably shouldn't have really been anywhere near the NVIDIA party) went out of his way to try and engage with an NVIDIA girl in more than just idle and polite chatter.
When his opposite number at NVIDIA seemed to decide that there may be some strategic motives against NVIDIA'S interests behind the situation, matters became increasingly tense, and NVIDIA people followed ATi staff outside the Munchner Halle, and its reported that both camps effectively squared up to each other.
I'm glad no one was hurt/arrested, but it's a bit of viddy melodrama that I'm just loving reading about! :lol:
See? We're not the only ones who take this a bit too seriously...
BTW-Rys, live from CeBit:
http://www.theinquirer.net/images/articles/ceb8.jpg
(Image ripped off from the Inquirererererer's write-up of CeBit (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30238))
The scene seems to have been set when one one senior ATi mischief maker (who, like one of its previous marketing directors the night before), probably shouldn't have really been anywhere near the NVIDIA party) went out of his way to try and engage with an NVIDIA girl in more than just idle and polite chatter.
When his opposite number at NVIDIA seemed to decide that there may be some strategic motives against NVIDIA'S interests behind the situation, matters became increasingly tense, and NVIDIA people followed ATi staff outside the Munchner Halle, and its reported that both camps effectively squared up to each other.
I'm glad no one was hurt/arrested, but it's a bit of viddy melodrama that I'm just loving reading about! :lol:
See? We're not the only ones who take this a bit too seriously...
BTW-Rys, live from CeBit:
http://www.theinquirer.net/images/articles/ceb8.jpg
(Image ripped off from the Inquirererererer's write-up of CeBit (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30238))