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To: Mani1 who wrote (92489)	11/15/1999 12:11:00 PM
From: f.simons	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

>>But stephen was saying something totally different. He was saying Intel like for AMD to be around and does not want to put it out of business because it then will be a monopoly like MSFT and it will have similar problem. Intel allows AMD to survive to avoid the same type of monopoly problems that MSFT's going through. That statement is laughable<< Apparently my post wasn't clear. Steve's statement was not laughable for the exact reasons you acknowledge to be true, namely that AMD's demise would leave Intel in a situation exactly analogous to Microsoft's in the OS arena. How is this laughable? It is a sound and reasonable position take. AMD's demise would be bad news for Intel. Intel wants AMD to be weak but potentially formidable, in other words, exactly where it is right now. If I understand Steve's post correctly, that is all he is saying: (1) Intel COULD squash AMD (you agree), and (2) it is not in its interest to do so.