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To: steve harris who wrote (71737)	9/12/1999 11:26:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573433

steve - Re: "the same sources say a number of K8 engineers at AMD have been wooed away from the firm to work at various Silicon Valley startups" Looks like the RUMORS may have some FACTS behind them ! Maybe Shoeless Bill Jackson can corroborate ! Paul

To: steve harris who wrote (71737)	9/12/1999 11:46:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573433

Re: "At the same time, the same sources say a number of K8 engineers at AMD have been wooed away from the firm to work at various Silicon Valley startups. " A regular contributor here has been repeatedly attacked for saying this very thing! It's long been rumored that designers are leaving AMD in large numbers. EP

To: steve harris who wrote (71737)	9/12/1999 1:22:00 PM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573433

Steve, <Rats leaving a sinking ship! theregister.co.uk :o) > This is FUD - pure and simple. Someone is feeding this to the Registrar and since Regitrar doesn't seem to have any filtering process they are taking it. This article could have been about any company in the valley and it would have been right. Especially on the semi side - the savvy guys are taking systems and software jobs if they can get what they want at the right startup. Chuck