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To: The Prophet who wrote (33450)	10/31/1999 5:26:00 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Come on Prophet! When was the last time the market has been allowed to really adopt an alternative OS? 10 years? You are correct that AMD has provided some killer products recently such as the Athlon, but until recently AMD has been hopelessly behind and relegated to the niche of cheap ass computers. So you really thing there has been a choice other than WINTEL in the last 5 to 10 years? If you call choice, a market where 90% of the PC consuming population owns WINTEL, think again. I for one would love an alternative. Also, who do you think has been driving RDRAM adoption the last 5 years at least? You think the Dramurai have? Once again, think again. Intel has driven RDRAM against everyone's wishes. Dell and others of course blindly followed. The fortune of Dell has been made on the Wintel platform, so no surprise there. Look. What it boils down to is that I am not against powerful companies like Microsoft, Intel and Cisco driving the market to more and better de facto standards (open or not). In technology, it is critical that you have dominating companies like these in order to drive standards so that we all benefit. What I am against is a company driving the market to a better standard and then screwing up the execution. The losers in cases like this are you and me -- that's right, the stockholders. RDRAM had an incredible amount of momentum and Intel royally screwed it up. Now competing DRAMs have an opportunity to capitalize where no opportunity should have existed. Don't be naive in thinking the free market always allows for choice. In technology, that's just not always true.

To: The Prophet who wrote (33450)	11/5/1999 2:26:00 AM
From: gcrieff	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93625

off topic slightly : Ovonyx, Inc. Announces Agreement with Lockheed Martin To Commercialize Memory Technology November 04, 1999 11:56 TROY, Mich., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ovonyx, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a royalty-bearing agreement with Lockheed Martin Space Electronics & Communications in Manassas, Va. to commercialize the Ovonyx non-volatile semiconductor memory technology to replace Flash, DRAM, FPGA and other electronic devices in radiation hardened space and military applications. Ovonyx memory technology uses the reversible phase-change memory process originated by Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. ("ECD") (Nasdaq: ENER) -- the same process that has been commercialized worldwide in re-writeable CD and DVD optical memory disks -- to fabricate a new generation of high-performance, inherently radiation-hard, non-volatile semiconductor memory devices. The companies stated that development of radiation-hardened memory products will be jointly completed in Lockheed Martin's wafer Fab in Manassas, Va. Ovonyx is a joint venture between ECD and Mr. Tyler Lowrey that was formed to commercialize the proprietary phase-change semiconductor memory technology. The Ovonyx non-volatile memory technology offers significantly faster write and erase speeds and higher cycling endurance than conventional Flash memory. It also has the advantage of a simple fabrication process which allows the design of semiconductor chips with embedded non-volatile memory using only a few additional mask steps. Tyler Lowrey, President and CEO of Ovonyx, said, "This is the first step in our company's plan to introduce Ovonyx memory technology as a replacement for conventional Flash and DRAM memory -- both for commodity and embedded applications. I believe this collaboration with Lockheed Martin will prove to be a significant one for the future direction of the semiconductor industry. There are many other applications of this game-changing Ovonic Unified Memory which are being pursued for development and commercialization elsewhere." "This new technology holds the promise of bringing significant benefits to our customers," said Ed Spall, Lockheed Martin's Advanced Digital Solutions Director of Technology New Business in Manassas, Va. "This agreement will allow us to develop new non-volatile products for both memory and logic applications." Stanford R. Ovshinsky, President and CEO of ECD and Chairman of Ovonyx, stated, "I am pleased that the phase-change memory technology we invented is being commercialized jointly by a company with the technology and manufacturing strength of Lockheed Martin." A leader in providing advanced electronic systems, information systems and technology products and services, Lockheed Martin Space Electronics & Communications in Manassas, Va. serves customers including U.S. defense and federal civilian agencies, as well as commercial and international customers. Lockheed Martin Space Electronics & Communications is a unit of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global enterprise principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced-technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's core businesses are systems integration, space, aeronautics, and technology services. ECD is a leader in the synthesis of new materials and the development of advanced production technology and innovative products. It has pioneered and developed enabling technologies leading to new products and production processes based on amorphous, disordered and related materials, with an emphasis on alternative energy and advanced information technologies. ECD's web site address is ovonic.com .