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To: tejek who wrote (69150)	8/18/1999 5:28:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586013

Ted - RE: "Whereas I thought the 3rd tier oems went beyond and fabricated the motherboards and chipsets as well." No, Tier 3 OEMs are companies like CyberMax, Tiger Direct, and whomever else you don't recognize! "But you are saying that there are different firms for each component stage. Is that correct?" Yup, for chipset, motherboard, and PC.

To: tejek who wrote (69150)	8/18/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: DRBES	Respond to of 1586013

re: "Whereas I thought the 3rd tier oems went beyond and fabricated the motherboards and chipsets as well." GOOD GOD! Is that not true. They do not have the resources to do that; unless you are referring to the case where a MoBo maker also markets their own "house brand" PC (sometimes known as a Piece of Crap due to all of the cheap components inside.) Tier one OEMs can play a very active role in the actual MoBo design. Both IBM and Compaq are famous, historically for this. I understand that one (of many) sources of friction between Compaq and iNTEL (the kINGMAKER) has been iNTEL's rationing of their MoBO technology to their most favored customers (I wonder if Mickey DEE is listening) to the detriment of some of the others. Regards, DARBES