I found out that everyone at Voodoo signed up almost immediately after receiving their offer letters from HP. That's right, 100% of our employees signed up without hesitation.

Not only this, but we have ex-Voodoo employees knocking at the door to see if there is an opportunity for them to join back on the team. On the other side in Cupertino, I have received nothing but high praise about the deal in general " people are "high-fiving" me in the hallways as I pass.

Sood also teases, by saying he wants to comment on Advanced Micro Devices' acquisition of graphic chip maker ATI, as well as rumors about Intel and graphic chip maker NVIDIA. He says he'll have something to say about them shortly but, for now, notes, "When you compare (the HP-Voodoo deal) to other mergers that have recently taken place in the industry it should be obvious which ones will be successful and which ones may face challenges."

Chris Morley, director of product development for Velocity Micro, which makes high-performance gaming systems, too, writes on his company's new blog:

We've never considered Voodoo to be a significant competitor. Before this acquisition they were playing in a very small niche of a fragment of the overall gaming market. They never made it " part of why the acquisition happened. Through this acquisition, HP now has a gaming brand " it's a different ball game and we take it very seriously.

Morley, though, says he believes the HP-Voodoo deal is a big plus for Velocity Micro. Among other things, he notes, "we've experienced a marked increase in sales of our high end gaming systems since the news broke. This tells me that all the people who cried foul and told Voodoo they were selling out and cheapening their brand " well, they've put their money where their mouth is."

Let the gaming system competition begin.