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To: Marc Phelan who wrote (271)	11/16/1996 10:40:00 PM
From: Tim Oliver	of 287

That sounds reasonable. Now another question or two: Why do you suppose Intel (who supplies CPUs for over 80% of the PCs in the world) decided to quit competing with PTEC's BIOS development program and decided to outsource it all to PTEC for their motherboards? Was it because they were getting poor margins on motherboards and outsourcing helped increase margins or because PTEC did a better job? Also, does anyone know if Compaq and IBM develop their own desktop BIOS? If so, how can they do a better job than Phoenix and Intel working together? I believe Phoenix has over 350 engineers working only on BIOS and BIOS related products, and Compaq's chief technology officer recently praised Phoenix for their great worldwide service organization. With these things working in their favor, you'd think Compaq and IBM would follow in the footsteps of Intel and outsource their BIOS to Phoenix. Any opinions on this?

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