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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kash johal who wrote (69018)	8/17/1999 11:39:00 AM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572942

Kash, No disrespect but: As an AMD investor I am not impressed. As a MB or chipset investor I would love AMD's approach. You are clearly a very shortsighted investor. AMD needs to have the motherboard vendors on board. AMD does not currently have the capital to build out a motherboard manufacturing infrastructure that compete in a cost effective manner. This is a plain and simple fact. Therefore, for the time being, AMD needs happy motherboard makers. What Intel doesn't realize is that their recent 'bullying' techniques (well documented) with motherboard vendors will back fire in the long run and the vendors will love AMD in the long run. And as we all know from business 101 the more competition you have in the market the lower prices will go. So if you get more vendors making Athlon boards than PIII boards the Athlon boards will become a more cost effective solution for the end user. Good businesses are managed with the future in mind, the longer-term future, not the tomorrow future that so many on here seem to cherish. Steve