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To: Paul Engel who wrote (84608)	6/28/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: Jean M. Gauthier	Respond to of 186894

Gee thanks.... ! You wonderful attitude towards AMDroids must be rubbing off on me..! Take care Jean P.S. Viva Red Hat

To: Paul Engel who wrote (84608)	6/28/1999 4:55:00 PM
From: Burt Masnick	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul - Dawned on me over the weekend that AMD has an interesting asset that Intel can't even conceive of - a tax loss carryforward. I'm not an accountant (help me out here anyone who knows this stuff cold) but I think that AMD actually has a valuable SALEABLE asset in the accumulated losses for the last couple of quarters. The cumulative tax loss carryforward must be upwards of $400,000,000. What the hell, lets just say half a billion. That loss could be used to shield from taxes otherwise taxable profits of, lets say, half a billion. Makes AMD somewhat more attractive to a profitable rescuer/buyer should they continue losing vast sums or if they remain independent and start making profits which would then be untaxed for quite some time. I may be all wet on this - they didn't teach accounting back in engineering schools in the old days and they probably don't today either. Regards, Burt