( DAC 99 Item 4 ) ----------------------------------------------- [6/25/99]

 The Two Bigwigs' Two Big Speeches
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    "First CEO Speech by Paul Otellini, Exec. VP Intel.  This speech was a
     not-so-vaguely disguised sales pitch for Intel IA-64 architectures and
     how it should rule the world.  Reportedly, a number of Sun people got
     so upset about his speech, that they walked out about 2/3s of the way
     into the speech.  I eventually left, too.  I don't like infomercials."

         - an anon engineer


    "BEST/WORST DAC SPEECH?

     Worst - Paul Otellini's Keynote
     Best - Aart de Geus's Keynote"

         - an anon engineer


    "Aart began by drawing a parallel between today's world in 1999 and
     the world in 1499. In his view, both places were or are on the
     threshold of a renaissance based on the convergence of key
     technologies that had just been developed.  He kept referring to a
     "DAC" conference of 1499, a keynote speaker for that conference of
     Captain Christopher Columbus, worries about the impending Y1.5K bug,
     and a visionary in Leonardo da Vinci about a radical idea called
     "System on a Ship".  Lots of accurate industry insights followed."

         - an anon engineer


    "Next was a keynote by Paul Otellini, Exec. VP of Intel.  This was a
     semiconductor and Intel lovefest.  Great opportunity.  I recorded
     Otellini and play it at night for my insomnia.  Who needs melatonin?"

         - an anon engineer


    "I think the biggest booth presentation I ever saw was the keynote
     address by INTEL.  I am sorry, but that was not a keynote -- it was a
     sales pitch by and for INTEL and their support companies.  How does
     one get a DAC booth as large as an auditorium?  Present a keynote."

         - an anon academic