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From: rupert1	3/15/2007 2:57:38 PM
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Recently I responded to a question on the AMD board which asked what the problem was with that board. I did not know that the post to which I was responding would subsequently be judged OT and had no reason to believe mine was. I was encouraged in my assumption by the fact that my post received 30 recommendations. So I followed up with a second post. Eventually my first post received 38 recommendations and the second 29 recommendations before the recommendations feature was deactivated. (Anyone can reference those posts by accessing my profile and looking at the recs column). Rink, the moderator, gave me a temporary ban for both posts on the grounds that they were OT - the first ban in my ten years posting history. I am not bitching about the ban or the designation of my posts as OT. I've spoken to Dave and understand and accept the theory behind that definition. I received a number of PM's and emails asking me to pursue the matters I had raised in my post. It was suggested that I use this board to organise a vote to effect changes on the AMD board. But I decided it would be better at this time to create a new board that took account of some of the structural stresses that are common to some AMD and Intel boards. One of them is the heat generated by the "host" investors - AMD or Intel - when they perceive that "their" board is being undermined by the activities of the "visiting" investors. Ten years ago, there may have been a case for proposing that Intel and AMD lived in their own self-contained universes. But that's no longer the case. Its impossible to discuss AMD or Intel without discussing the competition between them. I think there ought to be a board where both sets of investors - as well as uncommitted investors - have equal status and where the AMD v Intel competition is front and centre. Dave agreed and I have set up a new board. I welcome advice, suggestions and your input. This is how I introduce it: "AMD's antitrust suit against Intel dramatizes the competition between the two companies. They compete on technology, manufacturing, design wins and distribution. They go head-to-head in most of the world's markets. They compete for partners and associates, for investment funds and for the favour of the financial markets. This board is about the competition between AMD and Intel and the consequences it has for all investors. Moderation will be liberal to encourage searching questions and open discussion in a lively and pleasant atmosphere. I will rely heavily on the self-discipline and experience of posters. However, I will ban any poster who uses disruptive debating techniques such as insults, baiting and anything that smacks of spamming." Subject 57040

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