"It could be true hardware and software orchestration requires an understanding of how components will work in concert, we apologize we did not rehearse in advance. "

Please don't use quotation marks to make it look like you're quoting someone when you're not.

It's clear that monochromatic's "quotation" was ironic.

A possible convention for ironic quotes:

https://english.stackexchange.com/a/3471/207671

> To avoid the potential for confusion between ironic quotes and direct quotations, some style guides specify single quotation marks for [irony], and double quotation marks for verbatim speech.

Is HN an authority on the proper way to write English? Ironic quotation marks are a fixture of the language.

In context it is very clear that the use is sarcastic, given how tight-lipped Intel has been about admitting any fault so far.

I think it was pretty clear from context that this was lighthearted and not a real quotation. Hell, I didn’t even include a source for where the quote allegedly came from.