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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (71424)	9/8/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574854

Ten, RE:"Perhaps its was a resource issue, as in AMD not having the resources to prime the pump enough? A lot of what AMD does relies on the "Build it and they will come" philosophy, it seems. Seems that AMD's spotty record of execution continues to haunt them, as motherboard makers weren't really motivated to build enough Athlon boards until now. This makes the phantom slip extend out even more than it should have. But I guess everyone except the most blinded of AMD supporters (cough, cough, Herr Uberclockermeister, cough, cough) knows this by now." ---- I certainly can't argue with that rational. Maybe AMD did the best they could while having to rely on the resources of Taiwan motherboard makers. As far as Herr Oberclockermeisters Athlon love, one only needs to look as far as what country Dresden happens to be in and the nationalism that Tom has dislayed in his previous articles. Especially the one where he chastised Americans as being stupid not to mention the same anti-West rhetoric that I experienced a generation ago which now I see passed on to the current generation. Athlon is good but even better in the eyes of Tom is the fact that AMD has a large FAB in Germany. Jim