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ASRock picks fight with Gigabyte

by Scott Bicheno on 9 October 2008, 12:01

Tags: AsRock, Gigabyte (TPE:2376), ASUSTeK (TPE:2357)

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Our Nick Haywood speaks: -

"Don't ASRock have anything better to do, or proposition to make, than attack a competitor over something as insignificant as this?

"Perhaps ASRock should turn that ‘green' light on themselves and own up to how much they've contributed to global pollution and rape of natural resources?

"Unless of course they've fully cleaned up, made reparation payments to the voiceless masses whose lives may've been affected by any pollution which might've been generated by any of ASRock's business activities and now have a completely green, carbon neutral footprint... in which case why aren't they trying to make themselves carbon negative???

"In short: let he who is without sin cast the first stone...

"And perhaps they should focus on the global economy, because as belts tighten you can bet people will be buying on price and value above all else and not giving a damn about whether or not one board uses 5 grams more copper than another board."

Go on son!

 


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Posted by kalniel - Thu 09 Oct 2008 12:09
nick haywood (about asrock)
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Way to show the far east just how we should be talking about other companies Nick.. Quality Hexus proffesionalism. :rolleyes:

EDIT: hi kalniel,

firstly, please know that we genuinely appreciate your input, value that contribution and respect your pov.

secondly, please accept my apologies for having to edit your post.

the reason for so doing was because (a) Scott's article was activated prior to our finishing a sub-edit (and your post appears to have been made whilst this was being undertaken) and (b) the opinion expressed was originally made during internal correspondence and was made with no intention of being published and © the article has now been updated.

thanks in anticipation of your understanding.

cheers,

PD
Posted by Biscuit - Thu 09 Oct 2008 12:21
well said nick!

I do wonder at the validty of Gigabytes claims with this technology though.
Posted by Cichlidash - Thu 09 Oct 2008 12:27
(text removed by PD) Makes you wonder what Gigabyte are giving Hexus that ASRock is not.

EDIT: hi Cichlidash,

firstly, please accept my apologies for having to edit your post.

please see my advices within Kalniel's post for the associated reasons.

secondly, as i'm sure you know, the HEXUS.community is not administrated in a draconian fashion at all, however, when i see cause to do so, i will take umbrage at the type of wholly untrue insinuation which you've made.

if you really understood everything about HEXUS and the integrity and commitment of each key, long-term individual within the company and also the financial extents we invest in to ensure you and the companies and products which we report upon are always able to compete upon an honest and level playing field, then you would realise how very far from the mark your suggestion is.

thanks in anticipation of your understanding.

cheers,

PD
Posted by Fraz - Thu 09 Oct 2008 12:46
Maybe we should do what you say and turn that green spotlight on Hexus as well…

Let's face it. I doubt anyone is actually truly environmentally friendly + carbon neutral. Our society and population simply does not support that way of life. Of course, it's nice that people are now realising not to be overly wasteful and excessive, but we've all got a LONG way to go.
Posted by Nick - Thu 09 Oct 2008 12:47
Guys, this is a personal opinion and is certainly not based on any professional relationship that HEXUS or I may have with any company.

Have a read of this: http://pureinsight.org/node/4504 (excerpt quoted below)
In September of 2006, China's official water conservancy pointed out in a report that
the pollution in the Yangtze River is threatening the drinking water source for the residents of 500 cities along the river.

According to the report, the pollution of the Yangtze River has three main factors.

The first is the discharge of industrial and domestic waste; the second is the agricultural runoff; and the third is discharges from shipping.

The amount of total waste that goes into the Yangtze River greatly exceeds the waste that goes into the Yellow River and the Huai River combined. However, because the Yangtze River is big and still has some self-purification power, the severity of the pollution has been hidden to a degree.

Or how about the New York Times?

And this is another interesting read : Incomplete Enforcement of Pollution Regulation: Bargaining Power of Chinese Factories

Now I'm not at all saying that ASRock have directly contributed to all the above… in fact, my reaction and comments would be EXACTLY the same if it were the other way around… to go even further, pretty much any company that tries to play a ‘green’ trump card against a competitor is open for an "Oh yeah? Let's see your green credentials“ response.

If General Motors said that Toyota were making cars that weren't at least 50% recyclable, I'd be asking GM what they do with the 5 tons of impure, slightly toxic water that it takes to make one of their cars…

Like my comment says, ”let him who is without sin cast the first stone"… ie, unless you're whiter than white, keep yer gob shut. :)

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