AMD sneaks out of an injunction

Mathew Everett 12 Apr, 2006 at 3:10pm ET Article published in Tech

An environmental group named Save Our Springs (SOS) asked a court in Austin Texas to grant an injunction to halt chipmaker AMD’s planned 870,000 square foot development in the area known as Barton springs. The area is home to a rare breed of salamander, amongst other things.

District Judge John Dietz decided that wonga was more important that a few worms with legs and denied the tree huggers’ request for an injunction.

Source: The Inquirer

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12 Apr 2006 ~ 4:39pm drasnor I remember reading about that. AMD sent these promotional materials to everyone in my neighborhood, I was wondering what the deal was. Austin, TX is hippie central btw, I don't know why anyone would want to build there.

-drasnor
14 Apr 2006 ~ 2:17am airbornflght maybe the land is cheap, tree huggers...bah..

save a tree eat a vegan. lol.
14 Apr 2006 ~ 3:10am RWB I love that quote.... LOL
20 Apr 2006 ~ 8:44pm plandai "The Inquirer"... I'd better post, more info. may help someone who reads this...

As an ecologist (that's a scientist, not a protestor), I remind us that "environmentalist" does not equal "tree-hugger" or "hippy".

Wonga, UK slang for money, is the name of a species of rainforest dove, salamaders are closer in evolutionary terms to humans than to worms, and the best economists base their predictions on evolution-mathematics-models. It's called the triple bottom line, & corporations die without it.

Speaking of evolution & death, we are here because of the foundation laid down by such biological plans as the amphibians (as we were crawling out of the seas), & you can't eat CPUs...

i suggest my favourite CPU-maker, AMD, hire an environmental planner (another scientist) to help them come to a sound agreement with SOS on the development:

"There are many other sites in the Desired Development Zone that can accommodate AMD's space needs. These sites include:

* the old Lockheed facility just east of AMD's Ben White facility
* the Wildhorse development in Manor near the new State Highway 130
* Downtown Austin sites (former Vignette site, abandoned Intel building, block 21)
* 44 acre tract on E. Oltorf across the street from AMD

City officials urged AMD to choose a site in our Desired Development Zone. We call on AMD to work with the City, with community and conservation groups, and all interested citizens to find the best site for Austin's future. Working with everyone, AMD can find a new location that is positive for Austin. We would prefer to see Residential development or Neighborhood scale retail on this land to provide for existing residents in the area" -SOS

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the first..." -Einstein