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To: Goutam who wrote (78184)	11/2/1999 2:53:00 AM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1583503

Goutama, re:<if Via is forced to stop making Apollo133 chipsets, it'd be like Intel shafting its own customers - Micron, IBM, (Dell?) etc. It'd also force Via to focus on Athlon chipsets.> You're right, so they file the lawsuit now, so if they eventually win, they collect damages on every chipset sold, but then they tell their customers (out of the other side of their mouth) to design the VIA chipset into their designs so they can sell all their Coppermines. The instant Intel has their own PC133 chipset, they tighten the legal noose on VIA. Petz