alt Hacker NewsI read the article, and it doesn't say he did that.
The article sounds to me like Jensen was attempting to maximize revenues and profits for the company he ran, like a CEO is supposed to.
Is Nvidia profiting from globally constrained wafer capacity ? Absolutely.
Does their strategy account for supply constraints ? Absolutely.
Isn't this what corporations are supposed to do ? Adapt, pivot, profit ?
I think everyones just jealous and frustrated right now, and the frustrated decided they didnt want to see leather jacket man getting laid while sipping Dom.
People are petty like that, especially in large crowds.
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One thing that I find quite amazing about this whole event is the way in which cheating is now much much more acceptable than in the past...not saying it's a good or a bad thing, but it's pretty wild how many people are like, "The guy was just doing what rich guys do..."
There are other laws he has/had obligations to abide.
You're too reductive.
As dubious as it is, if the claim of Huang manufacturing a shortage is true then revenue was not maximized.
A shortage occurs when demand exceeds supply. In a normally functioning market price rises to see demand back away until demand meets supply. In order for demand to continue to exceed supply, a shortage, you must have a situation where price is prevented from rising, which, if Huang was behind it, means that Huang was purposefully rejecting better offers to keep the price below the market value. Thus revenue was artificially capped below what could have been.
> The article sounds to me like Jensen was attempting to maximize revenues and profits for the company he ran, like a CEO is supposed to.
Oh please. Can we end this dogma already? This is an excuse to exploit workers, create cartels, enshittify products, do stock buybacks instead of R&D and people like you rationalize this as "business as usual".
Might as well say "a country is supposed to extend its borders".
> I read the article, and it doesn't say he did that.
When you say "that", what exactly do you mean? What didn't he do that the article says he did?
Because the rest of your comment then seemingly proceeds to outline that, actually, yes, that's exactly what he did, but that you also think that's what anyone in his position should do. Which is less of a statement of what Huang did and more of one about what you think should be acceptable in a sane market.