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To: Joey Smith who wrote (77349)	10/27/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1573311

Joey, <Maybe, but I don't think the guys at Redmond are very happy to see intel in bed with virtually all the major UNIX shops to co-market Itanium.> I've said this before, and I'll say it again since it's so funny. I heard a guy say this, "Intel isn't really cheating on Microsoft. Rather, they're just having oral sex with a few attractive interns." Ah, the legacy of Clinton. Tenchusatsu

To: Joey Smith who wrote (77349)	10/27/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573311

Joey - Re: "There seems to be a little more urgency at Microsoft lately to get out their enterprise software if they really want to dent that market. IMO, Intel is the better positioned of the 2 going into the next several years." Microsoft has a MAJOR EMPHASIS on their Enterprise Server business - which runs essentially ONLY on Intel-based hardware - as Greg Maffei indicated in Microsoft's Conference Call from last week (AMD wasn't even mentioned !). Microsoft's future is tied to Intel's - and they know it. Paul