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To: ed who wrote (12155)	11/10/1998 3:24:00 PM
From: Dabbler	Read Replies (2) of 74651

INTC is NOT trying to destroy MSFT. INTC is simply getting desperate for its survival as a leader. It is a well-known market reality that MIPS are gradually becoming a commodity due to AMD product offerings. One of INTC's long-term plays has been to build PC architecture which craves MIPS. Have you noticed all the TV adds warning against "slow processing" lately? To accomplish this, INTC wants the PC to become a multimedia device. NSP was an attempt to apply pressure on MSFT in that direction. Like all other OS's, Windows is a terrible platform to host multimedia apps on because it does not offer Quality of Service. Putting it another way, there is no way for an application to say "Give me 25.7 Mips until I say otherwise". When an another app is launched, your .AVI clip temporarily stops playing, your recording of a TV program is missing several frames, etc. Someone is going to make alot of money when they invent the first consumer OS which contains QOS features.

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