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To: dale_laroy who wrote (70090)	2/2/2002 9:46:56 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) of 275872

Re: when the 8088 was chosen as the processor for the IBM PC, IBM demanded a second source... ...The trouble started almost from day one, as AMD produced a faster version of the 8088 than Intel's own These are the key points - Intel hasn't been a company of engineers, it's been a company of lawyers and marketeers. The deal was, IBM would let them have the PC market on the condition that they allowed a second source. Intel's lawyers were able to sneak enough weasel wording into the agreements that they were later able to cheat their partners, IBM and AMD and steal a monopoly to produce the chips for IBM PC compatible systems. The two companies do go back and forth some, but on average, AMD's engineering has been ahead of Intel's engineering for most of the past 30 years. AMD's parts were usually faster, but more expensive to produce, and lower volume. Intel's cheating lawyers and sleazy marketing have been able to overcome AMD's advanced engineering - so far.

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