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To: Kashish King who wrote (3126)	11/20/1996 3:44:00 PM
From: John Peterson	of 1582884

Rod wrote: >> Intel was doing the innovation, Intel was producing the quality product based on their own hard work. AMD was just ripping it off and then hiding behind a questionable legal interpretation of a cross-licensing agreement. << Actually Rod, there was nothing questionable about that agreement. Intel desperately wanted IBM to make PCs based on their 8086 processor and IBM would not do so until they had a second source. So, Intel came to AMD and they both signed cross licensing agreements that either of them could manufacture what the other designed. This licensing agreement was signed in 1978 (I believe) and was renewed again in 1982 such that it would be valid till 1995. That Intel, after seeing the big profits in the 286/386 business, had no intention of honoring that agreement, is the reason the litigation started. And, ultimately, AMD did prove that they were right when they won the final court case and Intel decided that they could not win and decided not to appeal the final verdict. Hope this clears some of the misconceptions that people may have. Cheers and happy ridin' all the way to the 40's, jp

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