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To: Jeff Lins who wrote (13461)	6/24/1999 8:46:00 PM
From: Chip Anderson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 16960

Omid Rahmat Unmasked! Here's the most recent diatribe from Tom's new partner. Now we _really_ see how unbiased these people are! ==================================== I have to apologize for making a mistake in the sell-through figures for Voodoo3 3000 AGP2X. The correct figure is not 52 units sold, but I have not been given the exact number. It is probably somewhere between 10,000 and 13,000 units based on the sell through of the other products, which I have been assured, now, are correct. I received the 52 unit figure I used on June 11,1999 at the PC Data conference, and had no reason to assume the source was corrupted. However, my assumptions in the article about the efficacy of 3dfx's retail strategy don't change as a result. I remain a skeptic. My assumption that most of 3dfx's sales came from the less stellar line-up of Voodoo2, Banshee, Voodoo3 1000 and 2000, don't change. My need to make my life 3dfx-free is now absolute. If my assumptions turn out to be true, in the coming months, I will neither gloat or care. Neither will I pay the blind bit of notice if 3dfx sounds a giant trumpet, raises the dead, and releases the four horsemen of the apocalypse. 3dfx followers are too painful to deal with, and too caustic. It makes you wonder why the US Congress doesn't put a health warning on every one of 3dfx's products - WARNING! USE OF THIS PRODUCT RESULTS IN LOSS OF ALL REASON, COURTESY, AND COMMON SENSE. In future, I will be providing my own data so, that the only mistakes are mine, and mine alone. Having worked as an analyst and tracked the PC graphics industry since 1987, I feel amply qualified. I should have done this some time ago, but chose to work with other analysts to avoid data collection chores. No more. With the exception of maybe two analysts in the whole world, I have been disappointed by data providers in this particular area on a number of occassions. I may open myself up to more criticism, but I will have, at least, the courage of my convictions to fall back on. ========================================== tomshardware.com/smoke/index.html (but don't give them the satisfaction of a click thru!) The vitriol from these people is a total mystery to me, but it exists none-the-less. Avoid their site at all costs. Chip stockcharts.com