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To: L. Adam Latham who wrote (87680)	9/3/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Adam - Re: "Do you think Intel charges for a Merced evaluation system (I don't know myself)? The reason I'm asking is that my customer received a free Pentium Pro evaluation system back in 1996 (I think) to use for several months. Just curious." I would expect Intel to charge for these systems - the idea being that giving something away for "free" implies little or no value for that "something". By charging an appropriately high price, Intel implies that the product has an inherently high value - and that the purchaser will have made a financial commitment to the product - and will have a real incentive to use and develop software for that system. Paul