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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (26253)11/29/1997 10:59:00 PM
From: Elmer   of 1585115
 
Kevin,
You have taken a lot of flack today and it may be hard to believe but the real purpose is not to degrade or humiliate individuals, but rather to demonstrate that the real problem here is that poor management decisions are to blame for AMD's problems. The K6 has been from the start an attempt to compete head on with Intel. The definition of the K6 depended on too many high risk factors. Everything had to be perfect to be even close to competative. AMD simply doesn't have the money or process expertize to pull this off in the time available and under the market conditions that exist. The decision to "bet the farm" was a fools decision. It was fed by Jerry Sanders personal vendeta against Intel, and AMD shareholders have gone alone for the ride. They have financed Jerrys hate campaign with their futures. The personal wealth Jerry has amassed while squandering your's is a disgrace. He has cashed in FAR more money than Andy Grove has. Do you believe AMD shareholders have gotten their money's worth? Do you believe Jerry has operated with AMD shareholders interests in mind? I don't. That's the real issue here. AMD shareholders have a worse enemy in their CEO than they have in Intel. There is no great pleasure in pointing out the relative strengths of Intel and AMD's manufacturing capabilities. AMD shareholders need to hear who their real enemy is. He's sitting in the CEO's office and he's planning his next futile assult on Intel and he's blowing your money to do it.

EP
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