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To: Maxwell who wrote (32389)	5/3/1998 11:13:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) of 1571843

<Without AMD I and everyone couldn't afford a cheap and powerful computer. 2 years ago I had to pay $1600 for an Acer Pentium 133MHz without the monitor. When I bought it the Pentium has been introduced for 4 years! Intel had no competition and it was no sense for them to cut price or improve technology. Ever since AMD has come to the seen, INTC has increased the Pentium from 166 to 266 and dropped the price greater than 60% in 1 year. It was a blessing for consumers. I don't care what you think some one has to do the dirty work to compete with INTC. AMD happened to be that company. It is a valiant effort. AMD losed money but continued to compete. My hat is out for them for bringing the end to the monopolist.> Why Maxwell, I'm getting all teary just thinking about this wonderful act of selfsacrifice on the part of AMD shareholders. God bless those fine men and women giving up their pensions and savings so you and I can buy a cheaper system. Trouble is that cheaper memory, cheaper disk drives etc have done far more to lower the cost of todays systems then the AMD shareholders kind deeds. I see things a little different. Shareholder value has never been a priority at AMD. Jerrys ego is the only priority. Who cares if AMD could have been a long term profitable company in the Flash memory and Networking business, that's not sexy. The thrill of going up against Intel is worth pissing your (the shareholder) money away. Who needs profits when Jerry is getting off on the thrill? You don't matter and you never did to AMD. That's the difference between AMD and Intel. Intel belongs to the shareholders who have shared in the success. AMD belongs to Jerry and you are standing outside watching while you are paying for the party. EP

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