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To: Elmer who wrote (75665)	10/15/1999 10:44:00 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572903

Re: no evidence whatsoever... Elmer, MSI builds and sells the 6167 motherboard. For all of their other products, they send flyers to their distributors promoting the products and feature them on the MSI web site - but not the 6167. Why is that? Tyan and Asus promote their upcoming motherboards on their web site that use Intel chipsets, even VIA chipsets that support Intel processors, but the Athlon boards for which pictures and tests are available on unofficial sites are not on the official sites. The Asus boards are available outside the US but Asus is afraid to even mention them, much less market them, here. Why is that? I'll keep an open mind - perhaps the distributor who talked to my VAR didn't know the facts. How do you explain the behavior of the motherboard companies if it isn't due to threats from Intel? Dan

To: Elmer who wrote (75665)	10/15/1999 11:12:00 PM
From: vince doran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572903

Re: "There is no question that some of this has been going on." Very amusing, Elmer. But to be serious for a moment: Why exactly do YOU think ASUS is producing a mobo for Athlon, which appears to be a good one based on reviews, but which they are not willing to let be advertised under their name in the US, which in fact are sold here with a little paper sticker covering the ASUS name on the PCB. Others who are making and selling Athlon mobos seem to have forgotten to mention them on their websites. Most unusual. In physics we sometimes detect the presence of unseen large bodies/forces by the perturbations they produce; hmmm, I wonder what force could produce THIS behavior... Now I don't think this is anything rare; most companies are willing to get down and play a little, well, haaardball when they feel a threat, and I don't think there is any reason to expect Intel management to hew to a higher standard. Should the government get involved? Probably not, but there IS a reason that we have anti-trust laws, and that is that we believe that competition is good for our society, and that the power that flows from being a dominant player must be constrained so that there is opportunity for competition. Vince