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To: Petz who wrote (75713)	10/17/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: Charles R	Respond to of 1573711

Petz, <Maybe they bought Centaur (IDT subsidiary) for the superior core, Cyrix for the socket 370 license.> Last nite, I was talking to an old buddy of mine who was one of the key guys on M2 and he was saying what was left at Cyrix when VIA bought them was total garbage. Most of if not all the key folks had bailed by that point. He gives National the credit for mismanagement. But VIA needed the patent protection and so they bought Cyrix for that. Looks like VIA bought Centaur for designs in progress and design team. And, if you look at the both the deals VIA didn't pay much at all. Definitely a lot less than what people thought they paid for Cyrix alone. Chuck